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minus-square@Chickerino@feddit.nllinkfedilink6•2 years agothat’s just extra friction, with UIs you can explore and figure out at a glance roughly what a button will do
minus-squaresquibletlinkfedilink1•edit-22 years agoIt’s possible to do amazing things with a CLI in seconds that would be minutes of clicking with a GUI - that’s why they still exist. And sure, it’s tuned towards people who would be “how about I write a Python program to handle this”.
that’s just extra friction, with UIs you can explore and figure out at a glance roughly what a button will do
That greatly depends on the button’s label
It’s possible to do amazing things with a CLI in seconds that would be minutes of clicking with a GUI - that’s why they still exist. And sure, it’s tuned towards people who would be “how about I write a Python program to handle this”.