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"... In a typical gui file manager that kind of stuff is just not possible. The possibility space for what you can do is limited by the visual abstractions the
by richardk 15y ago
"... In a typical gui file manager that kind of stuff is just not possible. The possibility space for what you can do is limited by the visual abstractions the original designer came up with for file manipulation. With command line tools that space is virtually infinite."
whilst i certainly agree with this, i would speculate that 80-90% of the average user's time is spent carrying out a handful of simple operations that are better catered for by guis. for the other 10-20% we have our virtually infinite space: the shell.
- rwl 15y agoThis, to me, is exactly the problem with most GUIs. If you're spending 80 percent of your time doing a handful of simple, repeatable operations, you might as well be using a typewriter. Programs that force you to work that way are the worst kind of chains.
- justinhj 15y agoBut they are limited permanently and may spend hours doing things by hand that could take a moment. A common one is renaming photographs.