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kr428 (kr428)'s status on Wednesday, 22-Aug-2012 15:48:38 EDT 
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@lxoliva Well I just insist on that there are use cases and fields of use where CLI is not just "not perfect" but simply makes no sense. ;) -
kr428 (kr428)'s status on Wednesday, 22-Aug-2012 15:22:17 EDT
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("expect" even...) -
kr428 (kr428)'s status on Wednesday, 22-Aug-2012 15:21:57 EDT
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@lxoliva ... using _any_ kind of software for that. ;) -
kr428 (kr428)'s status on Wednesday, 22-Aug-2012 15:21:44 EDT
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@lxoliva ... our end users still _except_ the medium to be ejected using the hardware button on the CD drive. No one would bother ... -
kr428 (kr428)'s status on Wednesday, 22-Aug-2012 15:20:15 EDT
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Yes. YES! That's the very point. Appropriate tasks for the CLI. But not CLI for _everything_. Allow tasks to be GUI-only for good reason. ;) -
kr428 (kr428)'s status on Wednesday, 22-Aug-2012 15:04:47 EDT
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@lxoliva ... seems pointless. That's what I meant: CLI _is_ powerful and a good tool... to a very certain user group. ;) -
kr428 (kr428)'s status on Wednesday, 22-Aug-2012 15:02:35 EDT
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@lxoliva ... where, to people used to working with visual media (i.e. old-fashioned light boxes), operating image processing with text ... -
kr428 (kr428)'s status on Wednesday, 22-Aug-2012 15:02:01 EDT
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@lxoliva No, definitely not. But it's a matter of use cases. And of user expectations. CLI seems obvious to tech savvy folks... -
kr428 (kr428)'s status on Wednesday, 22-Aug-2012 14:59:04 EDT
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Siri, crop that image so the predominant image element is exactly where I want it and adapt the colors to how the image feels! ? ;) -
kr428 (kr428)'s status on Wednesday, 22-Aug-2012 14:52:43 EDT
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@lxoliva Yes. Same as I keep our servers running just like that. Yet I never would want to use CLI for imaging. It's not a golden hammer. ;) -
kr428 (kr428)'s status on Wednesday, 22-Aug-2012 14:52:09 EDT
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You _don't_ use Siri for image processing (that's where we started), do you? ;) -
kr428 (kr428)'s status on Wednesday, 22-Aug-2012 14:41:00 EDT
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@lxoliva Even worse, looking at touch operated devices spreading all over there, CLI is even more difficult to use than the worst menu... :/ -
kr428 (kr428)'s status on Wednesday, 22-Aug-2012 14:39:37 EDT
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@lxoliva ... except for scripting and batch processing which, compared to interactive, per-image work, is a niche field of use at best. -
kr428 (kr428)'s status on Wednesday, 22-Aug-2012 14:38:56 EDT
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@lxoliva Looking at some partners of ours who are into media / photo processing, it seems in there CLI has fairly little relevance ... -
kr428 (kr428)'s status on Wednesday, 22-Aug-2012 14:38:15 EDT
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@lxoliva Well, I don't really see a difference here. If the computer is capable of displaying graphics, why not operate on that? -
kr428 (kr428)'s status on Wednesday, 22-Aug-2012 12:50:58 EDT
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@lxoliva No. But rendering and operating on a bitmap is graphical interface in my opinion. ;) -
kr428 (kr428)'s status on Wednesday, 22-Aug-2012 12:49:43 EDT
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@lxoliva I know. Yet I claim there are things that can't effectively be done using textual interfaces. -
kr428 (kr428)'s status on Wednesday, 22-Aug-2012 10:28:22 EDT
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@lxoliva My point is: There _are_ use cases that _need_ UIs which aren't CLI or text-driven. ;) -
kr428 (kr428)'s status on Wednesday, 22-Aug-2012 10:27:45 EDT
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@lxoliva But it's not about menus. Ever tried, say, doing a lasso selection in an app like #gimp using CLI or hotkeys? ;) -
kr428 (kr428)'s status on Wednesday, 22-Aug-2012 06:24:19 EDT
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@lxoliva at this point I want a workflow which is image-centric not technology centric. Scripting to me just is a technical detail here. ;)
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