Re: GUI vs: CLI (was: Shell command in VB6)

From: Richard Heathfield (dontmail_at_address.co.uk.invalid)
Date: 03/31/04 

Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2004 06:24:45 +0000 (UTC)

Programmer Dude wrote:

> Richard Heathfield wrote:
>
>> Is it not just possible that we could agree that X works better
>> for some people, Y for others, both of them for yet others, and
>> vive la difference?
>
> Absolutely, and in most cases there's no such thing as "better"
> without a "for what" illuminating it.

Correct. I figured you'd see reason in the end.

> However, in this case, I'm going to make a non-trolling, serious
> and hopefully objective statement about CLI and GUI.
>
> Here's the thing that occurred to me. That little GUI app not only
> spells out all the possible options right in front of your face, it
> can trivially include a little help file or "tooltips" providing more
> detail on the app and the options. Even the labeling of the controls
> can provide "at your finger tips" information.
>
> That seems a pretty big win to me.
>
> Can you make an objective case for superiority of the CLI over
> something like this? To me, the GUI tool seems to provide all
> that the "old fashioned" method does plus value added.

Willem beat me to it. 'Interactive' is just a euphemism for 'manual'. 

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