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IMO, the "holy war" of GUI vs TUI is pointless, both excel at different things. I typically use this example:

* A camera app is clearly better as a GUI. Real-time photo-previews are one of the main reasons why digital cameras made film-based cameras "obsolete".

*A camera app is clearly better as a GUI. Real-time photo-previews are one of the main reasons why digital cameras made film-based cameras "obsolete".

* A calculator app is better as a TUI (unless it's a graphing-calc), because you're not limited by a custom keyboard. Also, most TUI calculators (such as <code>[[wikipedia:Bc_(programming_language)|bc]]</code>) support looping and conditional constructs. And you're dealing with mostly-alphanumeric data anyways, so a GUI would feel "forced" and inconsistent.

*A calculator app is better as a TUI (unless it's a graphing-calc), because you're not limited by a custom keyboard (unless you're using a tiny touchscreen, because custom keyboards have bigger keys). Also, most TUI calculators (such as <code>[[wikipedia:Bc_(programming_language)|bc]]</code>) support looping and conditional constructs. And you're dealing with mostly-alphanumeric data anyways, so a GUI would feel "forced" and inconsistent.

Personally, I have a preference for TUIs, simply because they tend to not be bloated. But I love GUIs when they're ~~used~~ properly!

Personally, I have a preference for TUIs, simply because they tend to not be bloated. But I love GUIs when they're implemented properly!

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 IMO, the "holy war" of GUI vs TUI is pointless, both excel at different things. I typically use this example:<!-- Please suggest better examples, lol -->
-* A camera app is clearly better as a GUI. Real-time photo-previews are one of the main reasons why digital cameras made film-based cameras "obsolete".
+*A camera app is clearly better as a GUI. Real-time photo-previews are one of the main reasons why digital cameras made film-based cameras "obsolete".
-* A calculator app is better as a TUI (unless it's a graphing-calc), because you're not limited by a custom keyboard. Also, most TUI calculators (such as <code>[[wikipedia:Bc_(programming_language)|bc]]</code>) support looping and conditional constructs. And you're dealing with mostly-alphanumeric data anyways, so a GUI would feel "forced" and inconsistent.
+*A calculator app is better as a TUI (unless it's a graphing-calc), because you're not limited by a custom keyboard (unless you're using a tiny touchscreen, because custom keyboards have bigger keys). Also, most TUI calculators (such as <code>[[wikipedia:Bc_(programming_language)|bc]]</code>) support looping and conditional constructs. And you're dealing with mostly-alphanumeric data anyways, so a GUI would feel "forced" and inconsistent.
-Personally, I have a preference for TUIs, simply because they tend to not be bloated. But I love GUIs when they're used properly!
+Personally, I have a preference for TUIs, simply because they tend to not be bloated. But I love GUIs when they're implemented properly!
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