If I can use a CLI or TUI application, I will rarely use a GUI. Here is why.
  • hobata@lemmy.ml
    2010·
    27 days ago

    well, actually nobody gives a shit, use whatever you fit best for the task.

    • fprefect@lemmy.ml
      91·
      27 days ago

      For me to be able to use whatever I want, it needs to exist. Therefore it is a relevant discussion to have, since it might influence a developer to consider TUI instead of just going for GUI as the default.

      • hobata@lemmy.ml
        38·
        27 days ago

        Waiting for others to do something for you is the wrong approach. Get off your ass and be the developer. Creating an interface for a tool is no rocket science.

        • fprefect@lemmy.ml
          31·
          27 days ago

          Ironic coming from someone that is using a computer with OS and programs written by someone else and hardware constructed by other people, using electricity produced by others, et.c. :)

          • tomenzgg@midwest.socialEnglish
            3·
            27 days ago

            Entirely unrelated to your point (with which I fully agree) but wouldn’t it make more sense to replace the first period in “et.c.” with just a space (if you’re not going to forego the period)? et isn’t short for anything so the period doesn’t quite make sense (and you wouldn’t be using any more letters than you already are).

            No worries, either way (obviously); I was just thinking.

          • hobata@lemmy.ml
            12·
            27 days ago

            You are completely missing the point of “Oh, mister developer sir, please, you absolutely must make me a button here so I can rename a file. I insist! I’ll even draw you a little spider in return.”

            • fprefect@lemmy.ml
              5·
              27 days ago

              I am a developer and I find others perspective on usability interesting. Each to his own I guess.

  • detonational_VuSE@lemmy.mlEnglish
    8·
    26 days ago

    “That’s why I always have 10GB of free ram on my laptop with 16GB of ram” lol, good job sport I wonder if they browse the web on command line? lynx and curl can be rough. I take the position that sometimes gui is good, sometimes tui, sometimes cli. ncurses is a headache to write for.

    • somegeek@programming.devOP
      1·
      25 days ago

      Yeah browsers are the main GUI I use. w3m is great for reading blogs and those types of things but like you say, not the best experience for most things. And we can’t really blame it on them, the modern web is horribly written most of the time.