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GabrieleR | 3 years ago
On my end: being born two years before 2000, makes me a desktop apps powered man and frankly I've been moving away from them. I'm seeking order and density so I've moved to the dark side of the spectrum, towards clis.
There's hope in TUI like apps: like cashiers softwares terminals which displays some of both extremes. Until GUI are able to visually convoy meaningful symbols without ever using explicitly written characters, there's little gain in using them more the a solely characters driven interface.
Thise are personal considerations,
Hopefully I'm just a maniac that enjoy that intimate vibe interacting with a machine rather than clicking it.
movedx|3 years ago
Do you mean the best side? CLIs are were the power is at, because it's the only place you can convert human thought into instructions the computer can understand. It's the only place raw desire can be converted into a string of demands that the computer can meet. GUIs offer a static sub-set of this functionality in exchange for accessibility of the masses (which is fine... Instagram doesn't need to be a CLI tool.)
> There's hope in TUI like apps: like cashiers softwares terminals
When I worked in a Vodafone call centre many, many moons ago, we had a system actually like this. The F1-F12 function keys were critical and the entire thing was insanely fast. They eventually switched to a web based solution and it was terrible.
Modern technologies favour the technologist, not the end user... they just happen to like it because they have no choice. GUIs, the shite they're built on, hold a monopoly.