• Honytawk@lemmy.zip
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    4 days ago

    Nothing wrong with CLI. It is fast and responsive.

    Unless you want mainstream use. Because the majority of people can’t even use a UI effectively. And CLI is much worse.

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      4 days ago

      Its also repeatable. Usually the same commands and ways work on the majority of systems. If you want to do that with a GUI you have to refresh a tutorial etc. Every time they change the UI. With CLI commands this usually isn’t the case.

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      Exactly. Most things need to optimize for the lowest common denominator of understanding, and buttons with words and fields that have explicit purposes and positioning are a much easier starting point than “use command -help and figure out the syntax yourself,” even if someone who learns the syntax could then possibly be more efficient at using it.