Re: should CLI have a nice UI today?
On Fri, 24 Mar 2023 09:35:09 -0700
Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@surfnaked.ca> wrote:
>
> IMHO computer systems should be ugly and boring. Ugly, as in lacking
> all the eye candy that gets in the way, and boring as in just doing
> what you want without unpleasant surprises.
>
> Short answer: Not over my dead Teletype.
>
I have to agree. This business of having to have a GUI for everything
is excessive. It's why long time admins typically go straight to the
command line, rather than enlisting the help of some mouse-and-window
whiz bang program.
Paul
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