> It is assumed that command-line interfaces are the opposite of this—that you have to remember how to do everything. The original Macintosh Human Interface Guidelines, published in 1987, recommend “See-and-point (instead of remember-and-type),” as if you could only choose one or the other.
I find that guis have worse discoverability and cli better. It's pretty hard to search for a gui affordance. Plus they are essentially unscriptable.
I find that guis have worse discoverability and cli better. It's pretty hard to search for a gui affordance. Plus they are essentially unscriptable.