I&#x27;ve had a laptop with a broken keyboard, that I tried to drive with a pointer.  And a system without a mouse driven with a keyboard.  I was surprised how much I could do with the former.<p>I like the terminal, and I am also a reasonable touch typist.  I don&#x27;t particularly enjoy typing though.  I&#x27;ve tried a few different keyboards.  And I _do_ get the power of the CLI.  But I think it&#x27;s a barrier to computer input.  And it&#x27;s a barrier to free conversation.  Check Youtube comments for example.  I think some of the terseness (think Twitter) results as a result of text entry being laborious.  I&#x27;m not familiar with using a tablet - and I always feel somewhat restricted and impotent when using mobile devices, which I figure others feel when using a keyboard.<p>OSs could make text entry far better and centralise it.  Portable dictionaries and shortcuts for example.  Yeah you can do that by keeping shell scripts on a remote, but it all feels a bit hodge podge.<p>Jumping from one CLI to another, different apps, etc can feel nasty.  And I&#x27;m personally not happy putting my primary CLI in a cloud based SILO.