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In article <hotelca-0508950450080001@192.0.2.1>,
Hotel California <hotelca@cris.com> wrote:
>> Using a "find" command on a GUI usually yields all results on a volume, this
>> is more specific- plust it's automatically mailed off, and it takes about
>> 2 seconds to pull off.
>
[..]
>Also, I have a hard time justifying the 2 seconds time frame.  The Unix
>learning curve is much steeper than 5 minutes.  Most users would have to
>look up the manual which would take more than 2 seconds.

  Maybe I'm not in a good position to talk about "most" users, since I'm
pretty well-surrounded by competent people, but most of the people that 
I know could do what he described without really thinking about it.  The
two-second time frame sounds about right..  Unless there's a kernel re-
compiling in the background or something and the disk search takes a few
seconds by itself.  

  One of the reasons that GUIs infuriate me is because it takes so much
longer to move the mouse around and click on things, and I have to take
my eyes off what I'm working on to co-ordinate the mouse with the GUI.
When I'm using my computer, I want the interface between my mind and 
the system to be seamless -- I think it, and bang my fingers type it 
and it happens, no need to glance away from the information I'm working
with.  Using a GUI is like having to look at your car's gas pedal or
gear shift every time you use it.
-- 
Bill Moyer <ttk@rahul.net>