The State of the GUI

[Nick Sabalausky (Abscissa)]

Addendum: I *do* grant you make some interesting points, definitely 
worth being aware of. I just find that failing to relate them to the 
actual user in any way renders the analysis purely academic and the 
conclusions to be of questionable relevance.

I will concede that I'm a native-UI proponent, and that I would have 
been less motivated to say anything had your conclusions been the 
opposite. However, FWIW, I do also believe the objection I raise above 
would still stand regardless of the original post's conclusion.