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Re:Of Modes and Men (2005) by TuringTest on Friday February 21, 2020 @04:29AM (#22381961)
> But for computer scientists, modeful editing may be better. The article mentions modeless editing to be better for no scientific users only, not necessarily for everyone.

That's why they kept on investigating, and concluded that modes are bad for anyone; as long as they are human, using modes increase their rates of error. Jef Raskin went so far as to invent quasimodes, to get the benefits of modal interfaces without the burden on short-term memory. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mode_(user_interface)#Quasimod...)

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Re:Of Modes and Men (2005) by lonelappde on Friday February 21, 2020 @08:21AM (#22382845)
Calling people inhuman is obnoxious; please don't do that.

Quasimodes (chording) are physically difficult and distracting.

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