exactly. the way I understood it, if you’re interfacing with a computer monitor instead of shuffling around magnetic bits on the disk by sending electric impulses directly to the write head, you’re using a graphical interface are you not?
Nah. Technically a graphical interface is an interface that is facilitated through the use of graphics. Not all computer interfaces are graphical. Some interfaces are audio/voice (such as Alexa and Siri, Screen readers for the blind). Etc.
I think the point I was making is that “what is a GUI” is not objective. And its colloquial definition may also evolve over time. The fundamental question right now is, is text graphical? Some would say no. I’d say yes. What about code highlighting? Code hinting? The buttons on your text editor? aren’t those graphical? Of course they are. I’d argue that they are the best GUI for crafting custom computer instructions.
In a sense, but GUI has always meant some kind of windowing/icon based form of navigation and running commands from menus or other mouse-based events, as opposed to using some kind of shell where you're typing in text-based commands.
