GUI Or Gooey?

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GUI or Gooey?

  • Gooey

  • GUI


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BAMAVOO

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I have been in IT for 15+ years and it is GOOEY. If someone ever spelled it out they would probably get smacked.
 

PottedMeat

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Apr 17, 2002
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G.U.I.

I remember hearing 'gooey' once from an optics prof in school. I was like huh for a second then ohhhh ok. G.U.I. I heard all the time.
 

clamum

Lifer
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Don't think I ever heard someone spell it out (graduated with a computer science degree). Gooey ftw.
 
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Funny, I almost punched someone in the face for saying gooey. Makes you sound mentally handicapped.
Obviously you don't actually work/study in the tech field. I have never heard anyone with a modicum of technical nous spell it out.
 

mb

Lifer
Jun 27, 2004
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Obviously you don't actually work/study in the tech field. I have never heard anyone with a modicum of technical nous spell it out.
You're right, I don't. Back in college I had a roommate who majored in computer science. He corrected himself from gooey to GUI with a little bit of influence from me.
Seriously though, you sound like a child/tard saying gooey.
 
Oct 27, 2007
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Seriously though, you sound like a child/tard saying gooey.
Meh, we have lots of cool "kiddy" terms in IT/computer science, it keeps it fun to talk about. Splat, bang, wizzywig, gooey.

And we have childish fun with our code.
Code:
if (socket == null) {
    ArgumentNullException up = new ArgumentNullException("socket");
    throw up; // he he
}
 

gimmewhitecastles

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i got tricked. i picked the GUI option because i thought this was a spelling argument.

i thought to myself what idiot spells "gooey" when talking about a graphical user interface?
 

lxskllr

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Nov 30, 2004
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And a command prompt is a very antiquated UI, at least to normal users. Most UIs today are GUIs.

Depends. If you're explaining something to a Linux user, either is a valid form of input, and you might have to explain a procedure both ways, to give the user a choice that's more comfortable for them.
 

dpodblood

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I work for a software company, and none of the programmers speak the letters G U I, they always pronounce it as gooey. Also SQL is pronounced sequel, and SCSI is pronounced scuzzy. We were even taught in school using those pronunciations.