Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2010 17:49:26 -0700 From: Chad Perrin <perrin@apotheon.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Tips for installing windows and freeBSD both.. anyone?? Message-ID: <20101112004926.GB35128@guilt.hydra> In-Reply-To: <4cd9127d.u5WgVW7/5NthFOf6%perryh@pluto.rain.com> References: <20101106203213.GC13095@guilt.hydra> <20101106225446.GC67566@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> <20101107101750.00006bd2@unknown> <20101107174106.GB77433@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> <20101107185845.66745df2.freebsd@edvax.de> <20101107205122.GE17565@guilt.hydra> <20101107220729.000048f6@unknown> <20101107224109.GB2204@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> <20101108103008.190bb967.freebsd@edvax.de> <4cd9127d.u5WgVW7/5NthFOf6%perryh@pluto.rain.com>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Tue, Nov 09, 2010 at 01:21:01AM -0800, perryh@pluto.rain.com wrote: > Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> wrote: > > > The STRENGTH OF GUI (yes, I'm really saying that) is to aid > > using language elements, CLI. Arranging windows, presenting > > information, displaying structures, managing things. GUI > > alone, with no functional substance behind it, is useless. > > Sadly, you'll find more and more programs that have blingbling > > and "experience", but are useless to those who want to achieve > > a certain goal with it. > > Another strength, potentially large but all-too-frequently > overlooked entirely, is as a learning aid. In the situation > that operations in the GUI map reasonably well to TUI commands > -- which by definition includes cases in which the GUI is used > as a front-end to issue commands to an external TUI-based program > -- the GUI really should have a mode wherein it displays or logs > the TUI commands that it is performing. I agree. That is one type of GUI I would really love to see getting more popular. -- Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ] [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.14 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkzcjxYACgkQ9mn/Pj01uKXRCgCg2XtB0QyLz6VFTu2l4cBOsHbG CZUAnjKQ6Kh3LxdrB7bLRw+Pd2iUTpEL =qgk9 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----help
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