[chipotle_coyote]

I'm not positive that's going to be faster in every than using the mouse, though, still. And selecting lines with a mouse is, in most editors, triple-click and drag. I'm not saying that's necessarily faster than using visual mode--just that, again, it's not necessarily slower. It seems to me that cognitively they're fairly similar, and it doesn't feel to me like using the keyboard is conclusively faster in this circumstance.

[JupiterMoon]

It comes down to personal preference and makes only minuscule differences in the grand scheme of a job that is mainly thinking not typing.