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minus-squareChickerino@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 year agothat’s just extra friction, with UIs you can explore and figure out at a glance roughly what a button will do
minus-squareSemi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoThat greatly depends on the button’s label
minus-squaresquiblet@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·edit-21 year 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”.