> many want something they can click on
[...]
it's about reaching more people
To me, these reasons underscore the need for a genuine GUI, rather than a TUI that requires users to open a terminal just to have something clickable.
To me, these reasons underscore the need for a genuine GUI, rather than a TUI that requires users to open a terminal just to have something clickable.
This is more about blending in among GUI tools, which is also important.
This is what I find difficult to understand, why is that important? And to whom?
It made sense 35 years ago when MS-DOS was shipped by default and you just had to make do.
A full-featured web browser or a video chat client can't be realistically made TUI. I could have run Emacs in TUI mode, but I appreciate variable font support in non-code texts I write.