On Sun, Jan 13, 2013 at 2:27 PM, Devon McCormick <[email protected]> wrote: > thanks for that link - it was a very impressive demo. I also like the > parts about Larry Tesler and his "no modes" crusade but it makes me even > more puzzled about people who like vi (if modes are so plainly bad). Maybe > I just have to take this "different people are different" idea more > seriously...
Modes are a bad, in a mild way, because they require learning. But that does not mean that they are universally bad, and sometimes modes are better than the alternatives. That said, if you can make them easy to learn about, that is even better. And, if you can reduce the available options to the point that modes are unnecessary, that can also be good (or bad, depending on the point of whatever it is that you are implementing). -- Raul ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
