"When I hit "Ctrl-O", I wait a bit for the dialog to be presented and become ready for input." Dude, even on my netbook that dialog appears instantly. Some GU

"When I hit "Ctrl-O", I wait a bit for the dialog to be presented and become ready for input." Dude, even on my netbook that dialog appears instantly. Some GUIs are slow, but that means their architecture is wrong. Since my comparison is between the best GUIs and the best CLIs, most of your points don't hold.