[OGWhales]

I agree that a lot of the use cases back then were hyperspecific and the software were drag racers. However, much of what he talks about is productivity tools. I believe those fit the same description. I occasionally work with many different screens using a TN3270, some of which look very different and have very different purposes, however they have a common interface with similar keystrokes. This makes navigating even unfamiliar screens a breeze. He talks about is the commonality of keyboard language compared to that of GUI and I think that is an excellent point of his.

Check out this specific part of his postings: https://i.imgur.com/Roz80Nd.png

The main idea I got from his rant was that we have mostly lost the efficiencies that a keyboard can provide.

[AStellersSeaCow]

So to some degree that's preaching to the choir around here; I still use emacs extensively and adore it, but I'd also never wish it upon anyone who doesn't value work efficiency over low cognitive load and nice aesthetics. In my experience, at least, that's most people.

In light of that, I think it's less that we've "lost" keyboard-driven efficiency as much as knowingly sacrificed it in favor of spending UI/UX dev time on more generally desired/useful features. The nice thing about being the type of power user who wants more keyboard functionality is that you can often code/macro it yourself.