Re:The future of UI is text
by rsync on Sunday October 11, 2015 @03:15PM
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Thank you - this is a very good point.
If you are optimizing for some variable (speed, ease, movement, etc.) there are cases where each of CLI and Mouse are the best choice.
For instance, selecting text: I know very well how to do this in screen, pine, vi, etc., but there's really no point and it is never the right choice. Even in a fully CLI terminal environment with not even a browser open, I do still want a pointing device for selecting text.
If you are optimizing for some variable (speed, ease, movement, etc.) there are cases where each of CLI and Mouse are the best choice.
For instance, selecting text: I know very well how to do this in screen, pine, vi, etc., but there's really no point and it is never the right choice. Even in a fully CLI terminal environment with not even a browser open, I do still want a pointing device for selecting text.