Re: An anonymous IRC user's opinion

[Emanuel Berg]

Dr. Arne Babenhauserheide wrote:

> No. Any software that says that you have to read the manual
> first is doomed to fail for most people.
>
> One of the best features of nano is that the important
> keybindings are shown directly on the screen.
> No documentation needed.
>
> We obviously can't have *no* explanation, but if people have
> to read more than an 80x30 screen of explanations, it's
> too much.

+1 Very much so.

> You miss people who want their editor to look cool.

How it looks is a huge part of it.

And it is not just superficial. We have trained eyes. If it
looks good, it is good. This is like ...
decoded automatically.

So it should be good, and this should be reflected in that it
also looks good.

But you can also put some extra effort to make it look even
better :)

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