Talk:Graphical user interface

I do not understand this article.

The beginning is technocratic gobbledgook. Don't understand it.

The graphical user interface (GUI /dʒiːjuːˈaɪ/ jee-you-eye[1][Note 1] or /ˈɡuːi/[2]) is a form of user interface (what is this?) that allows users to interact (jargon) with electronic devices through graphical icons and audio indicator (?) such as primary notation (?), instead of text-based user interfaces (?), typed command labels (?) or text navigation (?). GUIs were introduced in reaction to the perceived steep learning curve of command-line interfaces (CLIs),[3][4][5] (?) which require commands to be typed on a computer keyboard (which is what I'm doing right now. What's the big deal?).

The 11 examples are labelled "Sample graphical desktop environments" which implies that they are not GUIs or some insignificant subset of GUIs. And, despite having had my own computer for over 25 years, I've never heard of any of them.

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Pronunciation

Sometime last month it appears that someone updated the pronunciation of GUI (as an acronym, not an initialism- the initialism pronunciation is still there). Some friends brought it up to me, because we often argue if people really do pronounce it as an acronym (goo-ee) or as an initialism. They searched for a while and only found the pronunciation guide here. It is referenced to a dictionary, but I don't think the person who added the footnote made the same addition as the person who added the IPA pronunciation guide.

Anyways, to set it straight: I hear people call it gooey (goo-ee) often. Because of this guide, I looked up and found one person online in a forum that claims "to have always said goo-eye" (which is what is said here). But if gooey is the most common pronunciation, shouldn't it be here? I don't have any dictionaries to cite this with, so I'm hoping I'm not just speaking as a loud minority.

This sentence is false? (talk) 03:32, 29 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I pronounce it 'gooey', and the Cambridge Dictionary provides audio examples of people pronouncing it 'gooey' (https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/pronunciation/english/gui) and Wiktionary says it can be pronounced that way, so I shall go ahead and add this pronunciation to the main article. Richard n 07:57, 16 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

GUI Wrappers

Shouldn't GUI Wrappers mention something like window dresssing where an existing GUI is enhanced and partly replace by new candy? Theking2 (talk) 18:17, 17 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Touchscreen mobile phones and handheld game systems in the 1980s

The articles currently includes, "By the 1980s, cell phones and handheld game systems also employed application specific touchscreen GUIs." Unless it's talking about some minority of obscure products, shouldn't this be the 2000s? I can't recall readily-available examples from the 80's. Sure, they could be made, touchscreen technology was viable then but to suggest it's the decade of that technology as a lone statement is incorrect. ToaneeM (talk) 08:34, 6 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Lost/forgot the name of a 3D airport-themed email app

It was an email client where you see your emails coming in on airplanes at an airport.

I had last seen the website a few years ago and can't find it in any archives...

I am *pretty sure* the developer had another similar app based on warehouses...

If you have any other information please include it here! Thank you !! Altanner1991 (talk) 07:56, 6 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]