@Philip Kahn: Pfft, filthy emacs apologists, with your xkcd references! ;)

@Alpine Joe: The computer one is more of a pro/con thing for both options. If you leave a computer on it continues to generate heat and consume electricity for the duration, but if you turn it off and back on later, it will consume more electricity and generate more heat during boot than during normal operation. …

@Prairie Moon: Arrow, home, end, pgup, and pgdn still work, at least in vim. It's not mandatory to use other keys for those things. There are reasons to not use them for navigation, however, so it's not a set-in-stone "this way is always better than the other" answer.

@penthrivinag: Emacs, speedy? Impossible.

@Prairie Moon: I always do that, too. I read a good comment and go to hit promote "aw, damn, already starred". At least it means the stars are going to the right people, though.

@★ɹǝqʎɔ: Yeah, you can resort to ctrl-alt-del, but the window management already provides a solution - pressing the [x] tries to close it and, if it fails to close, sends a signal to force it terminate. It's just one example of good functionality that breaks if you start screwing with the window decorations for no…

@★ɹǝqʎɔ: UI changes inside the app can be good, like you said. It's useful for testing new ideas, or just for implementing features the native toolset can't handle. Some good exceptions are 3d modelling apps and games, both of which have unique needs that native UI bits can't usually handle.

@samwyse: Good point. If the maker of the environment doesn't follow its own rules, nobody else is likely to, either.

@Trong: Development is about usability first. You can have both, but style should not trump usability. Changing the window decorations around doesn't improve usability and it doesn't have a large impact on style. If you replaced those little text "buttons" with a native title bar and min/max/close buttons, it…

It didn't really fit with my previous gripe-post, but I wanted to add that I do like some of the design of it. Fading out text when searching, for example.

@Leafy: If you're looking for something that isn't vim, try Kate, the KDE text editor. Requires Qt and KDE libs, but it's really useful. If you use Linux, it should be in your distro's package management somewhere. If you use Windows, check here: [windows.kde.org]

@Marand: While I'm thinking about it, a related rant:

Argh, why must everyone change the freakin' window decorations (titlebar, borders, etc.) in Windows apps?

@Azriel77: Regarding the humour:

Ah, Javascript. Because nothing screams "Progress!" like making a browser in 2010 run like a PC from 1990.

@iamsluggy: You use your backup Verizon phone for that, just like Woz. Everybody knows you don't (can't) make calls with AT&T.

This is one of the longest and best-written pieces I've seen from Jesus. I don't know who you are or what you did with the real Mr. Diaz, but I don't care. Keep up the brilliant work.

What, no Oregon Trail?

@CrazyLineman777: If you're familiar with Ubuntu at all and want to run a server, install Debian's "stable" distro.

@IronDoctorChris: Most of the customisation people will want to do can be easily done with GUI tools and minimal under-the-hood tweaking, at least with KDE. There's even a central control panel with access to a slew of options, and no registry-style editing required for tweaks (like with GNOME and gconf). If you…