Re: CLI or EM?

On Mon, 23 Jan 2006 09:52:09 -0600, JEDIDIAH wrote:

>> Both tools are part of my tool kit now.  
>>


> 

> 	EM is kind of nice but relatively inflexible and crude. <snip>

> 

> 	It's a definite improvement on the 8i & 9i versions though...



I whole-heartedly agree.  

The problem with EM, and GUI in general, is that the user must be prepared to work in the way the GUI designer/developer decided to code.

Successful GUI is often based on populist design - "everyone does it that way" or beginner design "you don't know better, so this is the way it is". Any variation from the intended flow is invariably awkward. Just try doing anything advanced in a GUI-heavy environment (such as managing at the disk level in Windows) and you see what I mean.

CLI circumvents this entirely by specifying the basic syntax and letting the user go with the flow that is natural to the user or the situation.

In GUI: The easy is easy, the difficult is nearly impossible. In CLI: the easy and the difficult are both merely difficult. (Both require thinking.)

Still - Oracle's skill at successful graphical user interface leaves a few opportunities for improvement.

To OP: I do find that Raptor is becoming a reasonable alternative to both CLI and EM in a number of situations.

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