On: Golden Rules of Interface Design (2013)

[weinzierl]

One could say the same thing about the command line and software like vim being made to keep the youngsters out.

[CyberDildonics → weinzierl]

Those interfaces were made out neccesity before graphical interfaces existed.

[lcnPylGDnU4H9OF → weinzierl]

Not that I agree with GP but this comment doesn't make any sense. I don't think any serious software product was made specifically to be difficult to use for young people and I'm certain such an endeavor would fail or otherwise be difficult to use for anyone. Young people are the ones who will try to^W^W get DOOM to run on their smart toothbrush.