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| From | "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | alt.folklore.computers |
| Subject | Re: What can be done with little? |
| Date | 2020-09-15 13:47 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <47m63h-j6k.ln1@Telcontar.valinor> (permalink) |
| References | <rjom8q$j1k$1@dont-email.me> <rjp1v5$1sb8$1@gioia.aioe.org> |
On 15/09/2020 02.30, Chris wrote: > On 09/14/20 22:10, gareth evans wrote: >> The graphical user interface and the world wide web are two >> fantastic developments in the field of computing, but why >> do they come with so much baggage dragging them down? Have we >> forgotten the capabilities of simple OSs? >> > > Quite a lot. Software dev doesn't need a gui for the sort of work > done here, still makefiles and command line, though a gui does > make it seamless for any number of shell windows open at once. > File manager doesmn't need a gui, but the again, you might need > one or more open at once. You can use a text based browser, but > only get a fraction of the content and usability. Huh. I find that Midnight Commander (aka 'mc') as text based file browser is more powerful than any GUI based browser I have tested, except on one respect: showing graphical content of the files, like photos or videos. I would gladly use a GUI tool for doing the same, but there ain't any, there are always missing features. Of course, I talk of using 'mc' inside a GUI session in an emulated terminal, so that I can have dozens in sight, not in a pure text terminal. > The issue here is really the difference between a purely text > interface and a graphical one. Graphical is so much more > capable at formatting data to suit the intended audience, it > communicates better... Usually, yes. :-) On the other hand, they often run slower than equivalent text tools, because a large part of the computing time is used on drawing those nice graphics :-p -- Cheers, Carlos.
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What can be done with little? gareth evans <headstone255@yahoo.com> - 2020-09-14 22:10 +0100
Re: What can be done with little? Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2020-09-14 16:27 -0700
Re: What can be done with little? Chris <xxx.syseng.yyy@gfsys.co.uk> - 2020-09-15 01:30 +0100
Re: What can be done with little? Joy Beeson <jbeeson@invalid.net.invalid> - 2020-09-14 23:56 -0400
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Re: What can be done with little? J. Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2020-09-15 07:52 -0400
Re: What can be done with little? gareth evans <headstone255@yahoo.com> - 2020-09-15 13:46 +0100
Re: What can be done with little? Niklas Karlsson <anksil@yahoo.se> - 2020-09-15 12:48 +0000
Re: What can be done with little? Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2020-09-15 06:16 -0700
Re: What can be done with little? Niklas Karlsson <anksil@yahoo.se> - 2020-09-15 13:38 +0000
Re: What can be done with little? drb@ihatespam.msu.edu (Dennis Boone) - 2020-09-15 12:07 -0500
Re: What can be done with little? Niklas Karlsson <anksil@yahoo.se> - 2020-09-15 17:19 +0000
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Re: What can be done with little? drb@ihatespam.msu.edu (Dennis Boone) - 2020-09-15 14:31 -0500
Re: What can be done with little? scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2020-09-15 19:56 +0000
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Re: What can be done with little? Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2020-09-15 12:30 -0700
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Re: What can be done with little? "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2020-09-15 13:47 +0200
Re: What can be done with little? J. Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2020-09-15 07:49 -0400
Re: What can be done with little? gareth evans <headstone255@yahoo.com> - 2020-09-15 09:22 +0100
Re: What can be done with little? JimP <chucktheouch@gmail.com> - 2020-09-15 10:01 -0500
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