Isn't a mouse generally better at that?

I mean I generally consider my self pretty good at vim (people who watch me are generally pretty impressed at least), and I get the draw to using the keyboard for things, but the actual act of highlighting arbitrary text, vim is not particularly good at. And I can't imagine how tmux would be either.

> Isn't a mouse generally better at that?

I won’t comment on which is better, but tmux lets you navigate the screen (and history buffer) by searching and vi(1)-like movements which serve me well. To say nothing of being in a situation where there essentially is no mouse...

Tap-tap-tapping your cursor around a row or column at a press is painful. But getting around by searching is often pretty effective - I don't know who wins in a race but it's fast enough not to break my flow.