Distilled, for commentary: A properly trained brain can communicate via CLI at a much higher baud rate than a GUI as we have much more tactile bandwidth at our disposal. The fewer senses involved (ie, no aiming) the better.
On Wed, Mar 19, 2025 at 3:11 AM Saku Ytti via NANOG <[email protected]> wrote: > I am almost sure that this is not just Network, but this applies to > everything people use computers for. > > If an application is something that you use infrequently, people will > prefer GUI. > If an application is something you work hours on end, people will prefer > CLI. > > I wholly believe that any call center worker will prefer the CLI > ticketing system. > > I have some anecdotes to support this, like companies migrating from > legacy CLI tools to GUI tools. Like Telia UniOSS or factory/warehouse > inventory system, in both cases after migration to GUI users were very > unhappy, because what used to be fast and didn't require attention to > display, now took great care with keyboard, mouse and display. > > People will think they will prefer GUI, because we are projecting > short-term, and on-boarding to GUI is fast and seems cognitively > cheaper compared to scary looking CLI. And managers who make these > decisions will never have to use the end product hours every day. The > problem looks very different depending on this use-pattern. > > > Will will be happier and more efficient with the CLI tool they can > blaze through, which is responsive, and predictable in that you know > what is on screeen after each button press, without looking at the > screen. You can navigate deeply nested UX in milliseconds, because you > know your workflow and you know the display will catch up. > > > When I look at a typical network provisioning system, it is > essentially an SQL editor and this is the worst possible way you can > implement GUI UX. > > > Of course all of the above is wrongthink and no one will take you > seriously if you propose that in the adults table. And making > decisions that are good for your career is better than making good > decisions. > > On Tue, 18 Mar 2025 at 21:06, Mark Prosser via NANOG > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Hi NANOG community, > > > > I posed this question in several chat groups, but I'd like to get your > > opinions. > > > > Do you love the CLI? Do you hate the CLI? Would you -- or do you already > > -- enjoy a world where you never need to touch the CLI, to manage your > > network? > > > > This applies to both provisioning and troubleshooting; to which, you may > > have different answers. > > > > So far, I've seen a variety of replies around the usual > > "should/must/must not/should not". > > > > Warm regards, > > > > -- > > Mark Prosser > > // E: [email protected] > > // W: https://zealnetworks.ca > > > > _______________________________________________ > > NANOG mailing list > > > https://lists.nanog.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/GNZX57LVD4XP2VIZTEQFBRGARHH6DVJC/ > > > > -- > ++ytti > _______________________________________________ > NANOG mailing list > > https://lists.nanog.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/TNGHG2HIGRLHUB5AUUS4OZO2VJRFALA6/ > _______________________________________________ NANOG mailing list https://lists.nanog.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/YKZTYFTOPFIIWRADDRO3EXZ4LXSGSTQB/
