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you know why people don't use command lines because command lines were developed when there wasn't a GUI.
the whole idea of GUI is so you don't have to type extra stuff in.

No, the point of the GUI is to make things simple for the end user, which fatefully criples your ability to do anything interesting.

What if you have 1000 jpegs you want to convert into gifs? In windows, you would be clicking 5000 times. Yay for "convenience"! In linux, you would just do
for img in `ls *.jpg`
do
convert $img $img-.gif
done

You criticized OpenOffice earlier because you said it can't do all that Microsoft Office can. Well, Windows can't do 10% of what Linux can.

I know how to use command lines. I have done stuff on UNIX and everytime i use UNIX, i always go, **** it.. It's year 2004 already.

You obviously don't do much interesting... I personally have stopped using the menus because they are too much of a hassle. I have a commandline in my panel and I can open any app with a few keystrokes--much less of a hastle than navigating through menu folders searching for the right entry.

so, you think
convert $img $img-.gif is more convinient.

Let's see.. you open command prompt
then go to the directory..
hopefully the convert is within the global path but sometimes you don't so, you have to know where it is...

In Windows/GUI, you go to the application, select all the images, right click, select convert.

you don't have to remember all those commands. because there are too many commands. and if you miss type, you have to type them again. that's why we use word processor instead of type writer.
you just need to know how to do things because most of these tasks are very intuitive.

If your assertion is true about Windows vs Linux, We would be using Linux. The fact and reality speaks for itself. It's self evident. Linux hasn't cracked any dent on Windows market share.

Menu's are hassle? you must like to do things hardway. I guess that's interesting. I don't have time to remember all those keystrokes. there are too many applications to remember all the keystokes. you equate harder way of doing as interesting.

do you walk to your work since it's harder. I mean, why ride a car, bus, plane,... why don't you just walk all over the place. In fact, why use computer. why don't you just use paper.

What if you have 1000 jpegs you want to convert into gifs? In windows, you would be clicking 5000 times.

No. Just because *you* would be clicking 5000 times doesn't mean you have to.

1. There are a lot of image programs with batch modes, and you can throw in other options while you are at it (color correction, etc)
2. You could do it pretty trivially with a batch file.
3. You could write a little Perl script (with Image::Magick or similar). - My preferred method cause the result works (if you are careful) with Linux & Windows.

-paridel

What if you have 1000 jpegs you want to convert into gifs? In windows, you would be clicking 5000 times.

I'd just make a Photoshop droplet and drag the images onto it. I have one I commonly use that loads, resizes, crops, does various image adjustments, puts on a logo, and finally resaves to a different format.