[jiggawatts]

> The inability of developers to tell if a tool sped them up or slowed them down is fascinating in itself

Linux/UNIX users are convinced of the superiority of keyboard control and CLI tools, but studies have shown that the mouse is faster for almost all common tasks.

Keyboard input feels faster because there are more actions per second.

[mhuffman]

>but studies have shown that the mouse is faster for almost all common tasks.

Do you think that daily CLI Linux/UNIX users might have a different list of what they consider "common tasks"?

[mrheosuper]

I dont think they have different list.

Replying email, copy/moving files, writting document, etc

[shakna]

I don't really use CLI for any of that. Despite using it almost exclusively. (Email on my phone - rarely need to move files.)

I use it for:

Arbitrary deep searches in specific root trees. (Where did I make my definitions of foo last time?)

Generating 20 different formats of documents. (Yay for supporting a bunch of platforms.)

Rewriting codebases - this might be the closest to "writing documents". (Mostly git things. And most git GUIs are... Trash.)