Re:The technology that changed air travel (2018)
by motoboi on Saturday September 10, 2022 @12:08PM
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Cli interfaces are bicycles for the mind once you gain enough expertise. Gui slows you down.
Re:The technology that changed air travel (2018)
by hboon on Saturday September 10, 2022 @08:20AM
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Similar experience working on moving from mainframe terminals to web-based UI in the early 2000s. The former was just much faster and more efficient.
Re:The technology that changed air travel (2018)
by fizzpack on Saturday September 10, 2022 @10:20AM
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But which was more popular with new recruits?
Re:The technology that changed air travel (2018)
by mxuribe on Saturday September 10, 2022 @11:11AM
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A very few number of times, to younger direct reports on non-tech teams that i led, i've explained CLI as if it was a sort of google search (like google search hacking)...and i found that it helped them understand better. Apologies to all CLI zealots!
One interesting aspect of the GDS is that they made efforts to have a better GUI, with point and click options, to facilitate the steep learning curve of the tool.
That effort was botched because of the existing use base was so well used to the DOS-like command interface that they simply ignored the GUI. A similar thing happened to Bloomberg and their terminals.
When I moved to tech and had to deal with experience revamps I always took this example with me. Even though you might have a better experience to users, do not underestimate the lock in of the current users to your existing UI.
Another great example of that is the now infamous Dig revamp....