Five reasons why using GUI is better then using CLI - user interface.

User Interface

There are two common ways users can interface with other computer operating systems and other applications, either using a GUI or a CLI.

Accessibility and ease of use are a lot better with a GUI then with a CLI for the following five reasons:

1.    The mouse is easy to use for controlling the computer

2.    A GUI can be configured to magnify the screen, speak documents to you, or recognise voice commands.

3.    A GUI has drop down menus which list all the available choices, all the user needs to do is click the choice they want.

4.    There is often a search box which you can type the name of the document and then the operating system will then find the document you are looking for.


5.    A GUI uses icons to click on, so you can easily start an action by clicking your mouse.

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