Problems regarding basic principles of modern graphical user interfaces; the user experience in modern operating systems


Give an example of a situation in which you would prefer to use the KDE main menu (lower-left of the screen) to start an application program, and give an example of a situation in which you would prefer to start the program by typing its name in a terminal window.

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(a) State one advantage of the modern "desktop" graphical user interface over a command-line interface (e.g. the terminal window).

(b) State one advantage of a command-line interface over the graphical user interface.

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