NULL mag Issue 06 09 Textmode!

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· 3 years ago

  

 

 
    ok... back in the 80s, we didn't have many options in what gui we 
    could use, so text interfaces, were our only option. but now days 
    even with so many guis, there's still the "love" for using text 
    interfaces. 

    we can say that is just nostalgia, for those who were born in the 
    60's-70's, but we can see even younger people getting used to use 
    terminals and prefer them, than using 100% the gui of their system. 
    they may use a mix of gui and tui*, but still you can see that they 
    prefer a more light environment, that doesn't use a mouse and 
    graphics. the "outsiders" may call them the linux-gurus or something 
    and they may be... but even so, why they prefer to use tuis*? 

    some may say, because of the simplicity the tui* offers to the user. 
    the clear text and easy readability or that they don't need the use 
    of a mouse which is, in a way, very tiring for the hands to make the 
    movement from the keyboard to the mouse and vice versa all the time. 
    for sure tuis* have their advantages and are for only a few of us. 

    but is it only this? we just prefer a non-graphic ui, because we got 
    older using it? or because it's a faster way to do computer staff? 
    did it cross your mind that perhaps, your whole attitude to life is 
    minimalistic? i don't know for you, but for me it is. it's not my 
    computer staff, that are minimalistic, but almost every aspect of my 
    life. 

    i never buy luxurious things or too complicated. i always prefer the 
    "easy to use" approach, with not much fuzz, blips and blops. my car 
    is not a high end model with every gadget on the market. my phone 
    also, my clothes, my tools etc. i always find my self to be one or 
    two generations back in every aspect of technology and it's not 
    because i didn't have the money, but because i preferred so. 

    so, can we say that bbsing and using tuis* is an attitude of life? now 
    that you read this article, did you notice the same thing in your 
    life? can we say that we are using bbses, terminals etc, because we 
    are simple guys? or just weird? may be both... :) hahahahaaa 

 
    *tui :: text user interface 
     gui :: graphic user interface