Date: Sun, 7 Nov 2010 22:07:29 +0000 From: Bruce Cran <bruce@cran.org.uk> To: Chad Perrin <perrin@apotheon.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Tips for installing windows and freeBSD both.. anyone?? Message-ID: <20101107220729.000048f6@unknown> In-Reply-To: <20101107205122.GE17565@guilt.hydra> References: <fbc04000-7b6e-492f-ad75-eda9abe2db42@r4g2000prj.googlegroups.com> <AANLkTi=WvFCUqd9P_CPRzL6A7f06eAuEb-sj6kEjVWuv@mail.gmail.com> <20101106190934.GB67566@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> <20101106200239.00004b64@unknown> <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>
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On Sun, 7 Nov 2010 13:51:22 -0700 Chad Perrin <perrin@apotheon.com> wrote: > I choose a little up-front learning curve for massive efficiency and > productivity enhancements down the road. The increased efficiency of > a minimal, composable toolset driven by the keyboard can be a huge > win in long-term productivity for one motivated to learn how to use > it, as well as a major savings on system resources (and hardware > costs, since upgrades do not need to happen as often, nor be as > cutting-edge). > > Others choose some inefficiency in the long run to avoid having to > learn anything new up front. The increased discoverability, at least > for simple tasks, of a point-and-click interface tends to seem more > "intuitive" and familiar to people just coming to a new system for the > first time, makes task completion easier to figure out the first time > (and the thirtieth, since point-and-click interfaces tend to require > figuring out the same tasks over and over again). With the command-line you also choose the inefficiency of having to read the man page every time you want to do something you're not familiar with. Well-designed UIs allow you to easily discover how to do it without resorting to the Help file - and since people tend to have good visual memories they can remember it better than a string of characters. A good example of this is Subversion tagging/branching: in Windows I can use the menu option "TortoiseSVN -> branch/tag..." to create a branch and have it done in a minute. Using the command-line I'd have to spend time reading up on the commandline parameters to achieve the same thing, since it's something I only do about once a year or so. -- Bruce Cran
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