Raise the bar for using a computer: everyone must learn a standard "scripting" language. UIs will become more standardized.
For typical use, the amount of learning of the language necessary should not be more than an hour: Type X to achieve Y. Don't even need to learn control structures. (An hour, once, for an entire lifetime of computer interaction.)
The GUI should teach what the nouns and verbs are.
Consider Scheme, as GNU Guile, as that standard language. A very simple language, but potentially powerful enough for very complex tasks if it becomes necessary.
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