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Am I the Only One Who Uses a Text Editor to Edit Files?

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Re: Am I the Only One Who Uses a Text Editor to Edit Files?

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Post by tree_of_item »

[deleted] wrote: post #38
tree_of_item wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The thesis of the article isn't "pretty > learning and thinking", and I don't think your distinction between the two is valid. User interfaces shouldn't be left to rot in the name of "learning and thinking". It's important to consider the way something looks and functions as it affects your ability to use it considerably. Form matters just as much as content. You can learn and think and have things be pretty all at o…

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Feel free to post some Emacs packages that provide what he's asking for.

Your first post just dismissed him as a "typical designer" and focused only on the word ugly.

Re: Am I the Only One Who Uses a Text Editor to Edit Files?

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Post by viraptor »

devinj wrote: post #27
psyklic wrote: post #21

Am I the only one who almost didn't scroll down, thinking that the keyboard graphic was the thing to see?

No. It's a terrible webpage design. Am I the only one who still values things like http://www.useit.com/alertbox/scrolling-attention.html ?

I'm not sure how well does this apply here. Why does it matter if someone pays attention to what's below the fold? Most of the post will always be below the fold (because it's longer than what a normal screen can handle), so if you either read it or not. The web pages 'useit' people show as examples are of a slightly different type (comments / products).

The problem of this blog is that there's no vertical element which clearly shows that it's cut by the fold and you can find more content below. (someone argued that this is the general answer to most "below the fold criticism" but I couldn't find it right now)

Re: Am I the Only One Who Uses a Text Editor to Edit Files?

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Post by thwarted »

psyklic wrote: post #21

Am I the only one who almost didn't scroll down, thinking that the keyboard graphic was the thing to see?

I thought the "I'll tell you what I want, what I really really want" graphic divider and the icons below it was signaling the bottom of the page.

Re: Am I the Only One Who Uses a Text Editor to Edit Files?

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Post by hacknews »

btipling wrote: post #3

Am I the only one that found staring at orange hard on the eyes? I guess I should give the author credit for all the work that they put into this rant, seems like a blog post could have done just the same without all the fancy graphics and what not.

I am the only who thinks the post's title is boring.

Re: Am I the Only One Who Uses a Text Editor to Edit Files?

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Post by guitsaru »

jrockway wrote: post #36
matthavener wrote: post #4

VIM has a similar file finder using a plugin called Fuzzy Finder http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=1984

It's almost like programmers write programs to help them get work done! And I thought you were supposed to solve problems by making a big orange web page whining about them...

You mean like what the author did?

"This article started with pain, developed into an idea, and ended up as an unexpected prototype implemented in MacRuby. I’m using it daily and am fine-tuning the interaction, visuals, features, and performance."

Re: Am I the Only One Who Uses a Text Editor to Edit Files?

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Post by sgoranson »

I'm so close to getting vim to be my ideal editor...7.0 for tab support, and ctags opens tags in a new tab, not a new buffer.

But I can't figure out how to search currently open tabs instead of opening a new tab no matter what; I end up with duplicate tabs very easily. So his 3rd major "what I want" point really rings true.

Re: Am I the Only One Who Uses a Text Editor to Edit Files?

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Post by Que »

armandososa wrote: post #37
Que wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The site and the god awful grid background image (appears on doubleclick) was enough to inspire me to make a new bookmarklet. My first impression, article aside, was that the site made baby Jesus cry. Edit: In retrospect I think it was the combination of the orange and the grid background (I have a tendency to doubleclick on everything) that really put it over the edge for me, the main design isn't terrible.

What I can't understand is: why would you double-click a webpage?

I doubleclick text and blank areas constantly I realize this probably drives people insane, but while I'm reading a paragraph I will keep doubleclicking to select and deselect the text over and over. Somehow it helps my concentration.. I do this with code as well.

That's why I have bookmarklets to disable the dictionary lookups and other what I consider annoyances on sites that implement those features on doubleclick and yes I've been told that I'm crazy on many occasions.

Re: Am I the Only One Who Uses a Text Editor to Edit Files?

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Post by joegaudet »

arohner wrote: post #6
btipling wrote: post #3

Am I the only one that found staring at orange hard on the eyes? I guess I should give the author credit for all the work that they put into this rant, seems like a blog post could have done just the same without all the fancy graphics and what not.

Actually, I had a harder time reading your comment, while my eyes re-adjusted to a more "normal" color scheme.

I was just thinking the same thing.

Re: Am I the Only One Who Uses a Text Editor to Edit Files?

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Post by ja27 »

btipling wrote: post #3

Am I the only one that found staring at orange hard on the eyes? I guess I should give the author credit for all the work that they put into this rant, seems like a blog post could have done just the same without all the fancy graphics and what not.

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