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Re:If macOS High Sierra shows your password instead of the p... by crispinb on Thursday October 05, 2017 @11:50PM (#15414292)
The parent was about discoverability -- you've argued that discoverability isn't necessarily useful for tools where people need to have some idea of what the tool is doing. There are many tasks where the user needs to have an accurate mental model and a grasp of the details. I completely agree with that.

Still, GUI programs are very clearly more discoverable than cli ones. How far and where discoverability is the best approach to educating a user is a separate question.

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Re:If macOS High Sierra shows your password instead of the p... by wruza on Friday October 06, 2017 @12:22AM (#15414401)
>where people need to have some idea of what the tool is doing

Not exactly. Wrappers can (and tend to) “enhance” and hide details from those who actually have idea. This kind of breaks discoverability into confusion, that’s what my rant was about.

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