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Re:Deno Desktop by p-e-w on Monday June 22, 2026 @03:28AM (#48626913)
That’s why HN users constantly advocate for Vim, a program in which every single thing works completely differently from every other modern application.
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Re:Deno Desktop by vintermann on Monday June 22, 2026 @04:03AM (#48627176)
Yes, if there's one lesson from historical UI research that still holds, it's that mode switching is expensive. That's why people install vi plugins everywhere.

Wait...

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Re:Deno Desktop by p-e-w on Monday June 22, 2026 @07:08AM (#48628593)
Vi plugins don’t even exist for the vast majority of applications.
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Re:Deno Desktop by vintermann on Monday June 22, 2026 @12:37PM (#48632504)
The last resort is to switch to ROU mode (key combo for entering it is :wq)
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