[314]

I guess that I'm not the target audience for this - I like grep as UI on top of lsof, maybe in combination with less, and I've always found it fast and easy to use.

For people that are the target audience of this, I'm curious - what do you like about putting the information into a gui and using a mouse instead of a keyboard?

[kruuuder]

>what do you like about putting the information into a gui and using a mouse instead of a keyboard?

I don't have to remember anything to use it, I just click self-explaining buttons and the thing works. The search function is also very nice, and navigating an outline view with the arrow keys, quickly collapsing subtrees as needed, is a very useful tool. Also, drag and drop.

[timbeccue]

For guis in general, I like how the actions available to me are much easier to learn, and therefore use. The information conveyed through the layout often provides context for related actions.

In my experience, CLIs are great for efficiency, if I am doing a task so often that it becomes rote behavior and learning the tool is no longer helpful, or if I want to automate it. I find my real world need for either of these to be relatively slim, but I am not surprised that it is common for others.

[nicky0]

What do you like about having to remember and execute a series of precise and arcane text commands instead of seeing everying comfortably and accessibly presented to you in a graphical form?

[314]

It's ok to like different things - there is no need to attack a different approach. If you find the visual layout comfortable and accessible then thank you for answering the question.

[nicky0]

It’s interesting that you found my question to be an attack. Does that mean your question was an attack too?

[nottorp]

Speed.