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On 6/12/2020 at 1:46 AM, Ross Scott said:

The people who insist it's better in ALL situations I think are making it more of a religion rather than trying to look at it objectively (or hell, prove me wrong in my examples above).

NoahDVS never said CLI was better in all situations or that it was even superior to a GUI. I don't even use CLI that much but it is objectively faster/better in specific situations. Ironically, your rejection of CLI feels almost like religious fanaticism.

One example that is not even CLI but purely keyboard based would be: [win] + "ca" + [return]. This is the command I use to bring up the calculator in less than half a second. All I have to type is "ca" and Windows search lists calculator as the top result (based on use history) and hitting return opens it.

The only thing I can think of that would be almost as fast would be a mouse gesture, but that would require first creating one specifically for the calculator. However the ability to open almost any app I want in less than a second by pressing 4 keys makes the former technique far superior in flexibility and scope.

19 hours ago, Ross Scott said:

The people who insist it's better in ALL situations I think are making it more of a religion rather than trying to look at it objectively (or hell, prove me wrong in my examples above).

@NoahDVS never said CLI was better in all situations or that it was even superior to a GUI. I don't even use CLI that much but it is objectively faster/better in specific situations. Ironically, your rejection of CLI feels almost like religious fanaticism.

One example that is not even CLI but purely keyboard based would be - [Windows] > "ca" > [Enter]. This is the command I use to bring up the windows calculator in less than half a second. All I have to type is "ca" and Windows search lists calculator as the top result (based on use history) and hitting enter opens it. The only thing I can think of that would be almost as fast would be a mouse gesture, but that would require first creating one specifically for the calculator. However the ability to open almost any app I want in less than a second by pressing 4 keys makes the former technique far superior in flexibility and scope.

19 hours ago, Ross Scott said:

The people who insist it's better in ALL situations I think are making it more of a religion rather than trying to look at it objectively (or hell, prove me wrong in my examples above).

@NoahDVS never said CLI was better in all situations or that it was even superior to a GUI. I don't use CLI much but it is objectively faster/better in specific situations. Ironically, your rejection of CLI feels almost like religious fanaticism.

One example that is not even CLI but purely keyboard based would be - [Windows] > "ca" > [Enter]. This is the command I use to bring up the windows calculator in less than half a second. All I have to type is "ca" and Windows search lists calculator as the top result (based on use history) and hitting enter opens it. The only thing I can think of that would be almost as fast would be a mouse gesture, but that would require first creating one specifically for the calculator. However the ability to open almost any app I want in less than a second by pressing 4 keys makes the former technique far superior in flexibility and scope.

19 hours ago, Ross Scott said:

The people who insist it's better in ALL situations I think are making it more of a religion rather than trying to look at it objectively (or hell, prove me wrong in my examples above).

@NoahDVS never said CLI was better in all situations or that is was even superior to a GUI. I don't use CLI much but it is objectively faster/better in specific situations. Ironically, your rejection of CLI feels almost like religious fanaticism.

One example that is not even CLI but purely keyboard based would be - [Windows] > "ca" > [Enter]. This is the command I use to bring up the windows calculator in less than half a second. All I have to type is "ca" and Windows search lists calculator as the top result (based on use history) and hitting enter opens it. The only thing I can think of that would be almost as fast would be a mouse gesture, but that would require first creating one specifically for the calculator. However the ability to open almost any app I want in less than a second by pressing 4 keys makes the former technique far superior in flexibility and scope.

19 hours ago, Ross Scott said:

The people who insist it's better in ALL situations I think are making it more of a religion rather than trying to look at it objectively (or hell, prove me wrong in my examples above).

The person you were responding to never said CLI was faster in all situations. I don't use CLI much but it is objectively faster in specific situations. Ironically, your rejection of CLI feels almost like religious fanaticism.

One example that is not even CLI but purely keyboard based would be - [Windows] > "ca" > [Enter]. This is the command I use to bring up the windows calculator in less than half a second. All I have to type is "ca" and Windows search lists calculator as the top result (based on use history) and hitting enter opens it. The only thing I can think of that would be almost as fast would be a mouse gesture, but that would require first creating one specifically for the calculator. However the ability to open almost any app I want in less than a second by pressing 4 keys makes the former technique far superior in flexibility and scope.