> bch 1 day ago [-]
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>What features or properties would you give them to pull them out of “the Stone Age”, and to what benefit?
In my opinion original blog post quite clearly point out what is wrong with "backbone" on Emacs.
> Asooka 1 day ago | parent | on: Buttery smooth Emacs (2016)
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>I would also like to know what exactly you mean.
By requiring to give concrete examples you two gave me good reason to rethink my point.
> 1) non-standard shortcuts, i.e. not implementing CUA;
When I was writing my post I had in back of my head this well known feeling of frustration when struggling to do simplest thing I have to read vim help for 10 minutes or google random forums. It may be that most of it is due to intermittent use of both those editors and "muscle memory" from MS Office and alike. If new users are required to stop using their most common (good or bad) habits it reduce potential user base at least 100 times. I work in typical large office (everyone 95% of time do some kind of text editing) and nobody know what or use vim or Emacs. Maybe it would be better idea to "stupefy" those great editors for default install for new users and allow current users to easily revert "normal" settings. CUA mode in Emacs looks interesting, I will give it a try.
> Parent was very rude (...)
Really? Very rude??? I'm wondering why reaction to my comment was so harsh... It seems that Emacs users have really soft skin ;-)
>Funny enough Emacspeak for the blind totally owns any new GUI technology. They can do everything from inside: IM, web, news, coding, playing music, reading ebooks, MUD's, check the mainstream news...
I didn't know this. For sure GUI are useless for persons with significant visual impairment. Thumbs up for Emacs developers for helping people in need.
> Your reality and bullshit applications such as Electron based bloatwares are a bad joke against disabled people.
"Electron" apps are not my reality. I didn't know what it is (until now).
I use emacs and vim quite rarely, only when I see potential benefit of it. Both have some amazing features but also seems to be locked in stone age on IT. In my opinion this is most deterring for new user - not "steep learning curve". I wonder why they refuse to open their eyes to current (or at least 2000's) state of technology. They cling to ancient foundation of their programs as something unmovable and unchangeable. This just looks like appeal to tradition. Or they are total nerds that don't care about reality ;-)