alt Hacker NewsTUIs are an abomination and most GUIs should just be web.
CLIs should be preferred when available. Learning them pays you back when it's time to write a script or pipe massive amounts of data.
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Arainach • today at 4:19 PM
> most GUIs should just be web.
Hard disagree. Most web interfaces are worse than most native UIs. Inconsistent rendering, keyboard shortcuts and navigation between apps, slow response times, and more.
There's a reason everyone who knows what Electron is bashes every "native" app built with Electron.
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> and most GUIs should just be web.
Yikes, no! One of the reasons old timers like me say that using a computer has sucked a lot in the last ~20 years is the use of a browser as an interface to everything.
If you want to make an app that needs a browser to use, then please drastically improve the browser's interface. I mean, this is a no brainer. TUIs are way more superior to doing things via Safari/Firefox/Chrome.