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[Chan Chung Hang Christopher]

Joao Pinto wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Please explain why this is more convenient/faster than reading the man
>   
>> page? You mean clicking around to see all the options is faster than
>> doing 'man page' '/related term' or 'man page' 'Page Down'
>>
>>     
>
> I hope you are not comparing application interfaces to application manuals
> and telling us they are expected to provide us the same type of
> usability/information.
>   

How about NOT taking my question out of context? In any case, please 
give an example of an interface that makes it more convenient/faster to 
find an option that you know about but just cannot quite remember what 
it was called or where the setting is supposed to be put in the 
configuration file.

> Man pages just like books are great if you need in-depth information, they
> are not that great as an interface for an application.
>   

Everybody knows that vi/vim is the interface. /me ducks.

> GUIs are not expected to replace manpages or other complete sources of
> information, they are expected to increase your productivity by providing
> interface for tasks, something that really matters for frequent tasks that
> cannot be automated.
>   

Shucks, really? Tasks that cannot be automated? Gee, I wonder whether 
that is the fault of a lack of a gui or a fault in the design...I mean, 
one can share a folder with one command with...ZFS. Crumbs. In fact, if 
one makes a predefined configuration, one can make a GUI tool that will 
automate just that!

> I really don't understand this eternal concern of non-GUI advocates with GUI
> implementations, why do you keep questioning other people needs based on
> your own habits ?
>   

It is not that we keep questioning other people needs but that we keep 
pointing out the fatality or falseness of one particular blanket 
statement that is usually the start of such ideas/requests.

> Being satisfied is not a good reason to question other people needs for
> satisfaction.
>   


Oh, we only question other people's needs when it is apparent that that 
need involves geting some more education and not an A.I that will get 
what they want done for them.