Terminals do make more sense, if you know all the commands. And I must admit, “say the magic words and the computer does the thing” is pretty neat and makes me feel powerful.
it also means that there’s a smooth transition between doing a thing once and doing it a 1000 times (or otherwise automating it), because you’ve got a programming language right there already. no need to look for a “mass-x gui tool” for each x.
oh, and i think (though i have no actual experience with this) that it’s a lot easier to make terminals friendly for disabled people (blind, etc)
It’s also a much more reliable method to provide instructions on how to do something.
Instructing people to click on “this button > tab > menu > submenu > item” is very exhausting for both instructor and reader, it’s language-dependant and less future-proof. Also sometimes the location of some graphic elements isn’t immediately obvious and there are cases where the only way to make sure people understand it is with a video tutorial of sorts. Which is annoying both to make and to have to sit and watch through.
hah, using language to interface with the computer is for idiots, pointing and grunting is the superior method!
Terminals do make more sense, if you know all the commands. And I must admit, “say the magic words and the computer does the thing” is pretty neat and makes me feel powerful.
it also means that there’s a smooth transition between doing a thing once and doing it a 1000 times (or otherwise automating it), because you’ve got a programming language right there already. no need to look for a “mass-x gui tool” for each x.
oh, and i think (though i have no actual experience with this) that it’s a lot easier to make terminals friendly for disabled people (blind, etc)
It’s also a much more reliable method to provide instructions on how to do something.
Instructing people to click on “this button > tab > menu > submenu > item” is very exhausting for both instructor and reader, it’s language-dependant and less future-proof. Also sometimes the location of some graphic elements isn’t immediately obvious and there are cases where the only way to make sure people understand it is with a video tutorial of sorts. Which is annoying both to make and to have to sit and watch through.