On 21 Jan 01 at 21:18, owner-arachne-digest@arachne wrote:
>Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2001 11:20:49 -0500 (EST)
>From: Steve <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: Re: Back on!
>
>On Thu, 18 Jan 2001, neil wrote:
>
> Maybe some basic definitions will help you straighten this all
>out:
> A Graphical User Interface (GUI) is a program (or sometimes
>called an "environment") which allows a mouse to accomplish the
>things that would otherwise be done on the Command Line Interface
>(CLI).
> Copying, moving, and deleting files, text manipulation, and
>other things which require sometimes arcane command syntax,
>are done "intuitively" using a mouse. Of course, you have to
>learn the behavior of the mouse commands, but for some people
>this seems easier than typing commands.
I always thought (and practiced) that a GUI is different from
CLI, because it can make more effective use of the screen. The point
is NOT that it uses a mouse. My favourite GUI can be quite
effectively and fast run without any mouse at all. It's name is
Windows 98. Only applications under Windows have the tendency to
force the use of the mouse.
A good GUI should offer alternative ways of control in order to
respond to different skills of its users (typewriting skills,
intuitive or key shortcut use, etc.). In this relation Arachne is
one of the best - and therefore also one of the fastest.
Regards
Christof Lange
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