[ltp] linux web publishing tool ??

Kim Hardy linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Sat, 5 Jul 2003 21:02:46 +0100


>There are 2 sides to the story, but compare the way nano works vs the
way vi 
>works. I bet 1 weeks wages that you can put virtually anyone that can
type in 
>front of nano and they can figure it out in 5 minutes flat. Conversely
you 
>need to be some sort of rocket scientist to figure out vi. That to me
is the 
>difference between good UI and bad UI. Its not like nano is harder to
use 
>either once you're expert with it. It holds up perfectly well against
vi. 
>Honestly I just mostly think vi is antique. It was a first pass at
designing 
>a screen based editor and it lived in a world with constraints that
most of 
>us don't experience anymore (limited keystroke environments). Even in
that 
>environment I suspect better designs are possible. 

True, but vim does have some nice touches. I prefer to program in vim
most definitely to vi. 
And with regard simplicity once you figure out what 'I' and 'esc' do
you're sailing. ;)

Kim.