On 9/2/13, Walter Bright <[email protected]> wrote: > Done! And CLI Clint goes and surfs the n.g. while GUI Gus has just gotten to > picture 4, only 996 more to go!
Some GUI apps have macro features, or batch processing. Take a look at IrfanView for image batch conversion: http://i.imgur.com/JrQqdi0.png Now imagine if this was a CLI program. You'd have to use hundreds of switches, and it wouldn't be obvious what each switch does at a glance. It even has keyboard shortcuts, you press 'b' and you get the batch dialog, click, click, done. Don't get me started on CLI programs where you have to use the damn space bar to go through all the --help options because it comes on multiple pages, or where switches have really funky syntax, and let's not forget escaping rules and paths or names with spaces. It's just as bad as a poorly designed GUI app.
