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[-] fubo@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago

You can explore a GUI if it's safe to do so. If a user has been burned by easily putting their system into an unrecoverable state, they develop a fear of exploring. "I don't want to change anything; I might break my computer / lose all my work / get a virus!" is a really common fear.

[-] bleistift2@feddit.de 19 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

That’s an argument against bad GUI design [Edit:, not GUIs in general]. This can just as easily (if not more easily) happen in CLIs, where a single typo can fuck you up.

[-] metaStatic@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago
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