Was thinking yesterday that typing `yes` in most terminals produces an endless loop of y-s printed on the screen which has it's purpose, but might be very confusing to a newcomer. Do you guys think terminals have a good UX in general ? Any other examples of hilariously unintuitive behavior ?
<i>typing `yes` in most terminals produces an endless loop of y-s</i><p>You're confusing the action of a specific app ('yes') with the general term 'good UX' that you're trying to associate with a UNIX terminal.<p>What is <i>your</i> definition of 'good UX' when applied to a terminal? (<i>Any</i> terminal such as those in UNIX, Windows, MacOS, etc., etc., etc.)
For their intended purposes, they have great UX once the learning curve has been tackled.<p>Common operations are several times more quicker via the terminal if you know what you are doing.