Author: Roy Eassa
Date: 12:45:33 04/05/02
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On April 05, 2002 at 14:42:47, Robin Smith wrote: >On April 05, 2002 at 12:02:50, Roy Eassa wrote: > >>I was surprised by the responses that seemed to say that wishing for such a tool >>is dumb or silly or crazy. Yet I sincerely believe it would allow more people >>to use Chest who otherwise would not use it, and it wouldn't be too hard to >>create. (Well, maybe it would be difficult for a bonehead like me, but I know >>there are very talented programmers who read this forum...) > >Roy, I'm with you 100% .... I think an MS Windows GUI interface for chest would >be great. There is a reason that almost all mass market computer programs have >GUIs, and it isn't because people are too stupid to use non-GUI programs. Part >of the reason is that command line interfaces work best only after you gain much >familiarity with them. But who can memorize all the commands if you only use >the program once every three months? I have used chest in the past, but now the >thought of actually using it again 6+ months later is more of an effort than I >am willing to put in, because I have *forgoten* how to make it all work. Of >course I could go through the learning process all over again, but it is not how >I chose to spend my time. If Chest had a GUI I would make a different coice and >would still be using it occaisionally. > >By the way, none of this diminishes my opinion of Chest. It is a *great* >program and anyone who makes such a great program available, for free no less, >deserves nothing but praise. It is just that, for me and my use model, Chest >does not get used while with a Windows GUI it would. > >Robin Thanks! Yeah, I use about 500 different apps at least once in awhile (Mac, PC, Palm, etc.) and my little brain simply cannot remember unique commands for every one of them. It's a human failing but I think it's pretty common. I admire those who do not suffer from it. I'm a lot worse today (in my 40s) than I was in my 20s, when I loved CLIs and saw no need for GUIs "for techies like me."
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