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the command line doesn't fundamentally have to be scary and For Power Users Only, actually
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it's a goddamn pain on phones though, we'll give you that
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this is why we want a blackberry-like thinger that has a real keyboard
using the cli on something like that sounds so cute and cozy
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oh, also:
TUIs are more intuitive than people give them credit for.
they have a little bit of conditioned fear in the general population just because that's what it looks like when Windows is broken, but as methods for doing things? they're nice to work with.
they're responsive, they're clear to see what's happening, and they don't have all the extra distractions.
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we have to imagine that in some alternative timeline, TUIs could have been everything, and the GUIs like we see today never seen outside of video games.
if our system had prioritized reliability and ease of practiced use over marketing flashiness, they might have been just the thing.
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@Motodrachen holy shit we saw this movie so many times and never realized that he had a huge I QUIT SMOKING button