I tried the ones that are most popular around here. But since these discussions have a strong tendency to devolve into "you just haven't used the right tools",

I tried the ones that are most popular around here. But since these discussions have a strong tendency to devolve into "you just haven't used the right tools", I prefer to keep it vague in order to sidestep that. I'm in no way saying these tools aren't useful to many. I'm just saying that I haven't found them useful to me, at least so far. In order to achieve the same quality result, I have to spend more time if I use the tools than if I don't use them, and I need to spend an increased amount of time doing the sort of task that I would prefer to minimize. And as I said, if/when the day comes that they are useful to me, I'll find out and start using them. That day just isn't today.