Also, nothing ticks all the usability boxes from actual HCI papers as vim's edit mode. It's confusing because the UI around it never evolved. But one can argue

Also, nothing ticks all the usability boxes from actual HCI papers as vim's edit mode. It's confusing because the UI around it never evolved. But one can argue that even moving your hand to the mouse to select text, click menus etc is exactly that same pattern with a physical component. That's why removing this from a vim expert is like removing the mouse from an excel office worker.