[xyzzy_plugh]

Good UX doesn't mean holding your hand. I think Vim has pretty great UX -- it's been my daily $EDITOR for years. Is there a steep learning curve? Sure.

Often with tools like Vim, Git, etc. there is a dependency on the end user taking the time to learn, absorb and understand the documentation for the tool.

> It requires good, consistent context, clear boundaries between expected and unexpected operations (why can you checkout during rebase, for example?), and discoverability.

I think git really excels here. Why wouldn't you want to be able to checkout during a rebase?

To me, UX is ultimately about the long tail -- if I am using this tool for a hundred hours a week, am I helped or hindered by it? For too many tools society embraces, it's the latter.

UX and HCI is about so much more than just sitting an untrained person in front of a keyboard.