On Monday, 25 May 2026 at 00:53:55 UTC, H. S. Teoh wrote:
I prefer CLI over GUI any day
Let me clarify this a bit: you prefer CLI in your area of expertise.
In areas where we are "seasoned users" we prefer GUI just to minimize efforts to perform actions. Like to make your TV louder you wouldn't go to terminal to send IR commands to it.
The thing is that we, human beings, are lazy. This goes back to the basics of thermodynamics so is unavoidable.
Most of GUI users are seasoned ones. They do not want to read manuals each year when they need to fill taxes online for example. First application that will have just one big green button "Fill those damned tax forms for me" will win, right?
Actually latest AI phenomenon is about our laziness too. We'd better create a machine that will read all those manuals at dusty bookshelves and ask us "do you want that green button pressed, yes/no?".
Really, laziness is the most significant driving force of technical progress.
