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Curious, is there by any luck a study on veteran vim users in particular? It seems like the quality of execution + the familiarity of the test subjects with the
by ehsanu1 13y ago
Curious, is there by any luck a study on veteran vim users in particular? It seems like the quality of execution + the familiarity of the test subjects with the UI and modes available would make a huge different in any such measurements.
Vim definitely sucks when you start, especially in terms of discoverability. You have to learn by either reading the colossal manual, or (as most do) using bits and pieces from external sources. But once you learn enough and gain the muscle memory and understanding of how to use the different modes best (eg in vim's case, normal should be your default state), it becomes wonderful to use.
- TheZenPsycho 13y agoDepending on which measurements you are talking about, experience is largely irrelevant- as most of the "objective measurements" we are talking about, are about the quality of the UI itself, not the specific quality of the user. here are some http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GOMS http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GOMS http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fittss_law http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fittss_law Regarding modes, I encourage you to read this 1973 study, which spawned the first modeless text editor. http://www.nomodes.com/Larry_Tesler_Consulting/1973_User_Study_Notes.html http://www.nomodes.com/Larry_Tesler_Consulting/1973_User_Stu... I wish I had ready access to the piles of studies that show modal interfaces are bad. I trust they exist. I just haven't seen them myself!