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cursor-addressing uis likely have a higher barrier to entry (both for developers and users), so they are not suffering from the regression to the mean that has

by 5- 2y ago

cursor-addressing uis likely have a higher barrier to entry (both for developers and users), so they are not suffering from the regression to the mean that has made modern guis absolutely unusable. that, and there aren't any "ui/ux designers" specialising in cursor-addressing uis.

galdosdi 2y ago
What do you mean precisely by "character addressing UI"? I can infer approximately what you mean, but I had never heard that phrase before and could not Google it, so was wondering how precisely you define that as presumably slightly distinct from other more common terms for text mode applications.
- 5- 2y ago
  thanks! i meant 'cursor-addressing', to avoid the ambiguous term 'tui', which usually (and per https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Text-based_user_interface https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Text-based_user_interface) means cursor-addressing, but nominally also includes actual text-based user interfaces, as seen in e.g. the traditional unix utilities.
  - Shared404 2y ago
    I've always seen CLI used for unix style utilities and TUI used for cursor-addressing/ncurses style interfaces fwiw.
  - TickleSteve 2y ago
    You still didnt define what "cursor addressing" means. Its not a common term to use for these UIs and doesnt seem to get to the crux of what separates a typical GUI from these. For me, the crucial difference is that they're usable over ssh and tmux, not the type of cursor they have (if any).
ncruces 2y ago
I take it you haven't heard about: https://charm.sh/ https://charm.sh/
- cycomanic 2y ago
  Interesting that Website reliably crashes mobile Firefox (nightly and release) and brave for me.
  - thegeekpirate 2y ago
    Works fine on my Pixel 7a using the release version of Firefox (I won't dare touch Brave), fwiw.
akira2501 2y ago
> and there aren't any "ui/ux designers" specialising in cursor-addressing uis. Depends where you look. https://davideellis.wordpress.com/2012/08/31/ibm-tivoli-monitoring-enhanced-3270-user-interface-overview/ https://davideellis.wordpress.com/2012/08/31/ibm-tivoli-moni...

by 5- 2y ago

galdosdi 2y ago

What do you mean precisely by "character addressing UI"? I can infer approximately what you mean, but I had never heard that phrase before and could not Google it, so was wondering how precisely you define that as presumably slightly distinct from other more common terms for text mode applications.

5- 2y ago
thanks! i meant 'cursor-addressing', to avoid the ambiguous term 'tui', which usually (and per https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Text-based_user_interface https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Text-based_user_interface) means cursor-addressing, but nominally also includes actual text-based user interfaces, as seen in e.g. the traditional unix utilities.
- Shared404 2y ago
  I've always seen CLI used for unix style utilities and TUI used for cursor-addressing/ncurses style interfaces fwiw.
- TickleSteve 2y ago
  You still didnt define what "cursor addressing" means. Its not a common term to use for these UIs and doesnt seem to get to the crux of what separates a typical GUI from these. For me, the crucial difference is that they're usable over ssh and tmux, not the type of cursor they have (if any).

ncruces 2y ago

I take it you haven't heard about: https://charm.sh/ https://charm.sh/

cycomanic 2y ago
Interesting that Website reliably crashes mobile Firefox (nightly and release) and brave for me.
- thegeekpirate 2y ago
  Works fine on my Pixel 7a using the release version of Firefox (I won't dare touch Brave), fwiw.

akira2501 2y ago

> and there aren't any "ui/ux designers" specialising in cursor-addressing uis. Depends where you look. https://davideellis.wordpress.com/2012/08/31/ibm-tivoli-monitoring-enhanced-3270-user-interface-overview/ https://davideellis.wordpress.com/2012/08/31/ibm-tivoli-moni...