The GUI was, IMHO, never intended to make things faster, just easier. The GUI brought computers to the rest of us who couldn't be bothered to learn command-line syntax and the mystical inner-workings of an 'invisible' machine.
Now, after years of use for some, some have become computer-savvy (whatever that means). Not to say we all speak l33t and can operate exclusively in the Terminal, but for me, as a GUI-user, I have also found that once I've mastered a task in the GUI, the next step is to find a way to do my mastered tasks faster. That's where Quicksilver comes into play ... and Macros, and some Terminal use, and the deeper config/preferences/advanced settings of my most-used apps, controls etc. My $.25 B On 4/9/08 9:08 AM, "Evan K. Stone" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: The interesting thing about the suggestion/recommendation of Launchy and Dash is that they're both keystroke-oriented interfaces, and I find that fascinating, since it begins to show that for some users, the OS' [G]UI gets in the way and is not the most effective method of interaction. ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
