On Sun, 7 Nov 2010 23:17:23 -0700 Chad Perrin <per...@apotheon.com> wrote:
> I did give a nod to discoverability for GUIs, as you might note if > you go back and read what you quoted back at me. That's exactly what > you're talking about. I don't see why you have to pretend I didn't > mention it, and try to paint the efficiencies on the other side of > the trade-off as worthless in your response. I thought my original > description of the trade-off was pretty well balanced, despite the > fact I have a preference for one side over the other where most tasks > are concerned. Sorry - I didn't mean to imply that it was worthless, just that I believe the efficiency works the other way sometimes. For example I did Linux development for a while earlier this year and found it to be extremely inefficient compared to working in Windows, due to overuse of terminals and command-line operation - and I grew up running BBC BASIC and have been using FreeBSD for many years. I love having the command-line available and indeed often develop software using just an xterm but I do think a well-designed GUI can increase productivity by bringing things together that would otherwise be separate. -- Bruce Cran _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
