User Interfaces

User Interfaces

1. Graphical User Interface

   • Advantages
     • Easy to use and understand
     • Give immediate visual feedback after an action is done
     • Allow multiple programs to me displayed at once
   • Disadvantages
     • take up lots of disk space
     • Need significantly more RAM than other interfaces

2. Command Line Interface

   • Advantages
     • if you know the right commands, it can be much faster than other interfaces
     • doesn't need a lot of RAM to be used
   • Disadvantages
     • lots of commands have to be learned to use
     • you must be very careful and specific when typing commands