Which is, essentially, the same explanation. I would very much like a fast, Vim-style modern word processor (the new cursor behavior in Word drives me insane bt

Which is, essentially, the same explanation. I would very much like a fast, Vim-style modern word processor (the new cursor behavior in Word drives me insane btw). But I'm not the main target. I alone wouldn't pay the bills. The same goes for almost any website: People with 56k don't consume much digital goods and returns from ads are most likely almost non-existent (especially if the ads are huge themselves). That easily explains a huge part of the web. Thus, either the connectivity around the globe has to be improved (thats the route Facebook seems to choose, albeit with debatable conditions for their new "customers") or create other incentives for anyone hosting something on the web to attract people with low bandwith connections.