> How exactly would Emacs help someone to browse the web, watch videos and photos? I'm not even an Emacs user, but I'm certain that there are modes for every o

> How exactly would Emacs help someone to browse the web, watch videos and photos? I'm not even an Emacs user, but I'm certain that there are modes for every one of those. Emacs even has modes for video editing and photo editing. And I've been told the Emacs browser is the most accessible browser for vision-impaired users. > Why is this that so many are obsessed with what iPad does not do, instead of how well it does what it does? How difficult it is to grasp that: a) iPad is not intended to replace anything The grandparent was commenting on an article that specifically claimed that the iPad was going to replace laptops. Hence it is only fair that (s)he would talk about what loss the switch from a laptop to iPad would mean.