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Comment by oneeyedpigeon

2 days ago

You get a low-fidelity version of a browser UI with guaranteed keyboard support. If web apps had the same level of keyboard support, TUIs would be less appealing.

They also expose relevant keyboard actions.

The popularity of TUIs is a result of the poor usability of current GUIs.

  • In my experience, the AWS UI is actually pretty good at keyboard usability. The biggest issue with the UI is how long it can take API calls to fill in the data, and that would be the same for both the browser and a TUI.