| Term | Note |
|---|---|
| clicker | someone who “clicks” instead of typing commands. |
| button pusher | “pushes buttons”, without necessarily understanding what happens underneath. |
| point-and-click user | fairly common and milder. |
| mouse jockey | an older slang term. |
| GUI jockey | rarer, but in use. |
| GUI monkey | quite derogatory. |
| mouse monkey | also derogatory, and not particularly widespread. |
| wizard-clicker or next-next-finish user | humorous terms for someone who just keeps hitting “Next”. |
In the Unix/Linux community the contrast is usually put as:
- CLI people vs GUI people
- terminal users vs clickers
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