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@FreePietje @ArneBab @blacklight @tyil

Though I think this plays a role I wouldn't say it is the main reason.

We are not just talking about some difference in UI. But wholly different UI paradigms. Text-based vs. Graphical.

If you take IRC it becomes efficient once you memorized the command list. Even more so this applies the CLI.

(Elsewhere on the thread there was talk about superior a11y in text interfaces. That may be for the visually impaired, but not when having memory issues)

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tyil

@humanetech@mastodon.social @FreePietje@x0f.org @ArneBab@rollenspiel.social @blacklight@social.platypush.tech The site is the graphical UI, your terminal is the text-based UI. In the terminal you clone repos, write code, send/receive emails. #Sourcehut does clearly promote using the tools that your OS comes with, rather than trying to shove everything in the graphical UI.

#IRC is efficient the moment you click an URL with a webchat. This is why it's great for communities. Compared to its supposed improvement, #Matrix, it does a way better job for support chat. It loads in a second or less, handles well in extremely low bandwidth situations, and doesn't come with a convoluted means of simply dropping in a chat with a ridiculously simple protocol to interact with.

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Free Pietje

@humanetech
I do not see that as a contradiction or a different point, but a(nother) example of how it's different from what most ppl are used to.

Most people are used to GUIs, but people familiar with CLI interfaces, often prefer that. At least for some tasks. And sr.ht does indeed support ppl preferring CLI much better then GH/GL do.
It may not suit *your* needs, but it is a superior UI/workflow for others.
It's good there's a tool for those people too :-)

@ArneBab @blacklight @tyil

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