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"A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds" -- Emerson

• sopooneo 12y ago
  Certainly. But command line consistency is not foolish.
• worklogin 12y ago
  Consistency isn't always foolish.
• _broody 12y ago
  Ah, was that not Larry Wall moments before inventing a language intended to parse bashing one's head against the keyboard?
• cgag 12y ago
  Their choice to stay consistent with their initial terrible ui design is the type of foolish consistency this quote is probably referring to.
• hughw 12y ago
  Downvotes demonstrating my point.