From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Nov 12 00:55:37 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 72B67106566C for ; Fri, 12 Nov 2010 00:55:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from perrin@apotheon.com) Received: from cpoproxy3-pub.bluehost.com (cpoproxy3-pub.bluehost.com [67.222.54.6]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 371DB8FC19 for ; Fri, 12 Nov 2010 00:55:36 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 6795 invoked by uid 0); 12 Nov 2010 00:55:36 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO box543.bluehost.com) (74.220.219.143) by cpoproxy3.bluehost.com with SMTP; 12 Nov 2010 00:55:36 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=default; d=apotheon.com; h=Date:From:To:Subject:Message-ID:Mail-Followup-To:References:Mime-Version:Content-Type:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To:User-Agent:X-Identified-User; b=SOPMosQKdew8CGzLDZMWtedvEZeAoKHOBzZuxwef55jDYD65cOW1VEdzD6r2Cs20dh17FwqFp6KBZurVOOD7lzLi9OoST7Hx8+Sx3MhWfBPZQ/HWUeTPfUzj5jXj4FfV; Received: from c-24-8-180-234.hsd1.co.comcast.net ([24.8.180.234] helo=kukaburra.hydra) by box543.bluehost.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PGhvT-0007DZ-D5 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Thu, 11 Nov 2010 17:55:36 -0700 Received: by kukaburra.hydra (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Thu, 11 Nov 2010 17:49:26 -0700 Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2010 17:49:26 -0700 From: Chad Perrin To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20101112004926.GB35128@guilt.hydra> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="aVD9QWMuhilNxW9f" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4cd9127d.u5WgVW7/5NthFOf6%perryh@pluto.rain.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Identified-User: {2737:box543.bluehost.com:apotheon:apotheon.org} {sentby:smtp auth 24.8.180.234 authed with ren@apotheon.org} Subject: Re: Tips for installing windows and freeBSD both.. anyone?? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2010 00:55:37 -0000 --aVD9QWMuhilNxW9f Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, Nov 09, 2010 at 01:21:01AM -0800, perryh@pluto.rain.com wrote: > Polytropon wrote: >=20 > > 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. >=20 > 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. --=20 Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ] --aVD9QWMuhilNxW9f Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.14 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkzcjxYACgkQ9mn/Pj01uKXRCgCg2XtB0QyLz6VFTu2l4cBOsHbG CZUAnjKQ6Kh3LxdrB7bLRw+Pd2iUTpEL =qgk9 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --aVD9QWMuhilNxW9f--