Donnie Berkholz wrote:
>One of the major reasons our lab started using Coot instead of O is that
>you didn't have to memorize or look up a million obscure functions to do
>everything. It was in the Coot GUI.
>
>When we're training new people, this helps immensely for the 99% of them
>who have never used Linux or any type of command line before. If there
>isn't a GUI for it, it effectively doesn't exist for them.
That's right. When there are 20 programs with 20 command line switches on
average in each, there is no way an average user can memorize it all and
use them to their full capabilities. GUI is the only way for many programs
being used efficiently by many users. Command line and scripting are great
for automation and programming but that's no what an average user normally
does or want to do.
Dima
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