I admit that out of the box Emacs is underwhelming. The popularity of Doom, Spacemacs and Prelude show that. I actually had been working on a config for noobs.

I admit that out of the box Emacs is underwhelming. The popularity of Doom, Spacemacs and Prelude show that. I actually had been working on a config for noobs. Which basically make it feel like Atom. I think having a choice between that or standard when you start Emacs could be a win. I also agree that the mouse UX should be modernized. It's just bad, I mean, I barely use the mouse, but also the mouse UX is crippled so I don't want to use it.