seitanic@lemmy.sdf.org to Linux@lemmy.ml · 9 months agoMicrosoft causes learned helplessnesslemmy.sdf.orgimagemessage-square242fedilinkarrow-up1622arrow-down1146
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minus-squareChickerino@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up6·9 months 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-up1·9 months agoThat greatly depends on the button’s label
minus-squaresquiblet@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·edit-29 months 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”.