Why do people always feel the need to overgeneralize things ?<p>From <a href="http://uitrends.com/2009/09/03/command-line-interfaces-dont-call-it-a-comeback/" rel="nofollow">http://uitrends.com/2009/09/03/command-line-interfaces-dont-...</a> :<p><i>command line interfaces are back again, hiding under the name of search</i><p>No, they are not. Yes, it's also a box in which you type text, hit return and see results. But a command-line tells a computer to <i>do</i> stuff, a search box tells a computer (Google) to <i>retrieve</i> stuff. By stating that search engines are the new commandline, well, it's not as silly as claiming the web is the new OS, but it's close.<p>The only reasons I can see why they make these generalizations is either that they don't understand what a commandline does, or it simply brings them more attention. I suspect the latter.