I believe it depends on the kind of movement you need to do. If you need to go to an arbitrary point in the screen, I agree. However, if you are on a line and

I believe it depends on the kind of movement you need to do. If you need to go to an arbitrary point in the screen, I agree. However, if you are on a line and want to go to the end of the line, is it not easier to press the `End` key (or C-e for Emacs users, $ for Vim users) than take the mouse and aim it at the end of the current line? Depending on the task at hand, using the keyboard may or may not be faster.