mwm@PA.DEC.COM (Mike Meyer, My Watch Has Windows) (06/05/91)
>> No.. it's the multitude of options for each command that's a pain. >> When you have to know 4 or 5 different command-line-based systems >> and all the commands and options in them, and when a mistake destroys >> someone else's work, then you find yourself checking manuals every >> time you use an option. a GUI simply doesn't have this problem. You're right - A GUI doesn't have these problems. Neither does A CLI. The problems occur when you start using several of them on a regular basis. GUIs aren't immune to mistakes that can destroy someone's work, and the actions you use in one might be just that kind of mistake in another. A GUI provides a level of standardization to some common operations - if the app developers didn't circumvent them. A CLI support system can do the same thing; they just aren't very common. <mike