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What he means is that GUIs won over TUIs because they're intuitive and learnable. They might be slower to use (mostly; I'm faster in IntelliJ than vim) but that
by mike_hearn 2y ago
What he means is that GUIs won over TUIs because they're intuitive and learnable. They might be slower to use (mostly; I'm faster in IntelliJ than vim) but that is counterbalanced by the lower training costs.
In industries with high staff turnover, it's probably better to have slower workers but with much lower training costs.
- layer8 2y agoThere is no inherent conflict between GUIs and TUI-like speed. It’s the web tech stack and cloud-based apps, and piles upon piles of leaky abstractions in other environments, who have made things slow. Open Microsoft Word or Excel from 25 years ago, and it will be incredibly fast to operate.
- mike_hearn 2y agoSure I agree, but getting fast at using mainframe style UI takes a lot longer and until you mastered the commands you would be slower. GUIs let people self teach which is valuable. Web tech definitely makes it harder to give a really snappy experience.