From 3054d60cc0f2dfac8716178ba69187e511acbe4e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Rohan Kumar Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2022 10:10:41 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] New note: modal editing --- content/notes/modal-editing.md | 14 ++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+) create mode 100644 content/notes/modal-editing.md diff --git a/content/notes/modal-editing.md b/content/notes/modal-editing.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..0d1abeb --- /dev/null +++ b/content/notes/modal-editing.md @@ -0,0 +1,14 @@ +--- +title: "Modal editing" +date: 2022-08-29T10:10:31-07:00 +replyURI: "https://pleroma.envs.net/notice/A5tSamde5VqGQOaf0y" +replyTitle: "I honestly don’t have a problem with disliking Vim" +replyType: "SocialMediaPosting" +replyAuthor: "Seirdy" +replyAuthorURI: "https://seirdy.one/" +--- +Since these are being boosted again, I wanted to say that my views have changes. I do not recommend most people learn Vim (well, sysadmins should know basic insert, write, quit, and undo). + +I think that modal editing is a niche. It's fine for people like me: I can barely keep a train of thought going and I constantly forget what I was thinking (It's a huge problem I have and I didn't realize this until recently; it's why I constantly need to write things down). For people like me, time is not fungible and spending a long time learning something non-intuitive just to save a few milliseconds later makes sense, since failure to get an idea down ASAP could kill the idea. + +For most people, [@zensaiyuki](https://mastodon.social/@zensaiyuki) was right. Modality should not be a tool we reach for outside of specialized circumstances. It has its place but it's overrated.