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I think that what this guy is doing is great and all, and I think that a new text editor would be kind of cool, but I think he's trying to fix a problem that is just not there. The fact is that when somebody starts a text document--whether it be in OpenOffice.org, WordPerfect, or Word--they use the mouse to do things like double-click on the program icon, change the initial font if they don't like it, and then maybe type a heading. After that, it's all keyboarding. You don't need a mouse to type a paragraph, and many people don't use a mouse to type a paragraph! If one needs to bold, they either click the B or use the keyboard command for bolding (CTRL+B or Apple+B). I don't see how that does not work. I think a better way to save time would be to teach somebody those simple keyboard commands (bold, italicize, save, ALT+Tab), but those already work in all software.

What I'm getting at is that this man is trying to fix problems that we just don't have. I believe that the major timesaver--simple keyboard commands--are what we really need to teach people to use. Sure, THE uses these commands, but so does Word, WordPerfect, OpenOffice.org, GoBe, AppleWorks, and hell, even high-end software like QuarkXPress.

If this guy wants to do something useful with an interface, he should look elsewhere. I think that desktop publishing (QuarkXPress, InDesign) would be the closest applications that could benefit from this, however that does not seem to be what THE is designed for.

Am I missing something, or is this just another text editor?