How is it easier to move your hand to a trackpad than it is to keep your hands right on the keyboard, do `ci)` which is (c)hange (i)nside `)` to delete all of a function's parameters and instantly be retyping them?

I don't understand how you can speak so authoritatively as if I'm accessing a completely different part of my brain when I'm using vim modes when I'm telling you that having to navigate a cursor to click, drag, and select all text is so much more context switching

And also, that ci) command? It's a language. You can do `ci"`, which is (c)hange (i)nside " to instantly change a string without having to hold the backspace button or manipulate a cursor.

I see your point, but I think we’re held back not by UI, but by input methods, including physical ones. And I partially attribute that to vim’s [niche] success. It’s so annoying to hold ctrl-shift to select anything in windows-likes and personally I make much more mistakes while properly fingering the keyboard in these than while using vim modes. The path I see is to make better keyboards with separate keys for fundamental edit ops like selecting, language switching, word/structure navigation, etc, and then some more. We’re too stuck in these typewriter interfaces.