Disclaimer: I enjoy Atom quite a lot, and it's my daily driver. All criticisms on this page are valid. It has the memory footprint of many-tabbed-chrome, it ha

Disclaimer: I enjoy Atom quite a lot, and it's my daily driver. All criticisms on this page are valid. It has the memory footprint of many-tabbed-chrome, it has a number of odd API quirks. It opens slow enough that I'm certain to keep Vim in my back pocket for the forseeable future. Here are some other things that I like about it that weren't highlighted -> - A modern UI. (but I use vim for portability still..) - The transparency of chrome dev tools and the familiar html environment for making misc style tweaks and plugin hacks. - A chance to develop against new browser features without having to worry about IE6 and friends. - A plugin language that I might actually use in the real world (sorry vimscript and elisp). Plus a shot in the arm from the absolutely awesome node ecosystem. - Open source and free. - Pretty good vim bindings. Just my two cents. Anyways, I remain quite productive with it, despite the rough edges. That would be the most important part :)