I used vim for more then 5 years then switched to VSCode as it makes plugin setup much easier. I also use VS and JetBrains here and there and maybe I am biased,

I used vim for more then 5 years then switched to VSCode as it makes plugin setup much easier. I also use VS and JetBrains here and there and maybe I am biased, but I prefer code at this point. Yeah, modern IDEs got some stuff from modern editors for sure. One of the primary pain points for me is that installation/setup of IDE is much more lengthy, they are pricey too - I can setup vim/code in minutes on empty machine. Just downloading/installing VS takes a bunch of time. This however has nothing to do with efficiency but counts overall. > There are Ace Jump [0] plugins for most IDEs. imo, easier to use and more powerful than stock vi navigation commands. The page you posted lists InteliJ Platform. Vim doesn't have such plugin OTB FYI. > Also, does tabbing in the emacs command buffer count as "browsing the GUI?" I think so. If tabbing is done via mouse, yes. > Does it count if you "browse the GUI" without ever touching the mouse? Ofc not, I prefer to have a GUI, I just don't think analog controller like mouse is good way to interact with it. > I also think that there is a strange magical thinking-esque hang-up against any UI that can't be drawn in a terminal. That might have been a real thing when people did things on servers directly etc. Today there is almost 0 need to do so.