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> WIMP and GUI paradigms are the exact the opposite: intentional dis-empowering Are you kidding? WIMP and GUI democratized computing!
by andsoitis 3mo ago
> WIMP and GUI paradigms are the exact the opposite: intentional dis-empowering
Are you kidding? WIMP and GUI democratized computing!
- kazinator 3mo agoDemocracy clearly disempowered the monarchs. :)
- andsoitis 3mo agoIt did!
- ElectricalUnion 3mo agoWhat "democratized computing" was cheaper computing and VisiCalc, not WIMP and GUI? But again, VisiCalc is intentionally limited, it's not a all-powerful environment, on purpose. It's all about intentional limitations, making computation easier to reason about.
- andsoitis 3mo agoTo put it more bluntly. Computer usage would be low if limited to terminal interactions and there’s no GUI.