Star The Command Line - The Best Newbie Interface?
Linked by Richard Wareham on Mon 8th Mar 2004 20:49 UTC
Graphics, User Interfaces This essay describes the surprising results of a brief trial with a group of new computer users about the relative ease of the command line interface versus the GUIs now omnipresent in computer interfaces. It comes from practical experience I have of teaching computing to complete beginners or newbies as computer power-users often term them.
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RE: dacloo (IP: ---.speed.planet.nl)
by BR on Mon 8th Mar 2004 21:59 UTC

Well IMHO I think the best compromise is a hybrid interface. Taking the best qualities of both, in a complementry fashion.
The interface that is teaching, without being patronizing.
Evolving as needed. Nonbrittle in design.