I used poor wording. Support is definitely work. I just mean that MOST people doing day-to-day work USING tools (vs supporting them) only deal with one at a time.
A UI's utility isn't determined by whether or not it's shared with other tools. It's determined by *how well users can get work done with it* which is why a host of non-CUA interfaces persist today.
Text-mode CUA was and remains horribly ugly and clunky. If you want that, go use a GUI.
What I am saying is that in this case, I put it to you that this is more than simply a matter of opinion and personal preference.
There are demonstrable, measurable advantages to this approach. Knowledgeable users can work on unfamiliar programs immediately by using standard keystrokes and via prior knowledge of how the menus will work.
Unskilled users, so long as the machine has a mouse configured, can simply use the console/terminal app in the same way as they're used to, by point-and-click.
I get that you hate it. What I am trying to tell you is that I _really_ like it. It is a _strong_ preference of mine, I find it asthetically pleasing as well as convenient, and I hate and refuse to fight with non-compliant apps that don't use it. Including _both_ of the xNix world's favourite editors, Vim and Emacs -- I hate both -- *and* all the alternatives people recommend: Joe, Pico, Nano, etc.
I get that you have a preference. That is your choice. But you are trying to make out that it's a universal truth, that your opinion is an objective fact, and it's not.
Whether you, or anyone, likes it is neither here nor there. It helps. It works. It's useful. It makes life easier.
And if the price of that is that some people's aesthetic sensibilities are offended, well... sorry dude, tough.
A UI's utility isn't determined by whether or not it's shared with other tools. It's determined by *how well users can get work done with it* which is why a host of non-CUA interfaces persist today.
Text-mode CUA was and remains horribly ugly and clunky. If you want that, go use a GUI.