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I think the problem with this is it assumes that there is something inherently intuitive about notepad-style editing, rather than the style coming from a bunch
by pasabagi 8y ago
I think the problem with this is it assumes that there is something inherently intuitive about notepad-style editing, rather than the style coming from a bunch of historical accidents (how typewriters work, etc).
I'm not going to argue that vim is intuitive (I think it is, but regardless), I think it would be sad if we reified last-centuries' 'practical' into this centuries' 'intuitive'. You'd end up with everybody working through a bunch of really weird historical anachronisms, jumping hoops to satisfy design limitations that haven't existed for centuries.
- throwaway33114 8y agoWhat I mean by 'intuitive' is that if I show notepad.exe to my mother, she can easily open up the program, start editing text, save, and quit. The cognitive load to assimilate first hand is very low. On vim, to even get started with anything in the first place, you have to learn about 'modes'. You also have to learn about special commands about the most basic things like saving or exiting. This has nothing to do with typewriters that my mother never used.