Serious question: I am looking at the measurements of speed on the landing page between Zed and the other editors, and they don't seem drastic. Do you actually feel the difference when typing?
Compared with VSCode, absolutely. VSCode has a range of responsiveness from "good enough" to "oh right, this is Electron". Zed is both faster and more consistent. Sure, we're talking 10s of milliseconds, but it's surprisingly noticeable. Can't speak for other editors.
I'm becoming a true convert, though I occasionally must drop down to a termianl for advanced vim features. That's high praise coming from me, as I have a high bar for adopting new tools.
Agree with the "hanging" and general responsiveness issues with VS Code, but typing (when VS Code is not taking a nap)? No way. Pure typing is not distinguishable.
No. However, VS Code sometimes freezes shortly. Maybe some GC stuff going on. But when both VS Code and Zed have finished starting (Zed of course faster) and you start typing, you don't feel a difference (unless you're on a very slow computer I guess). At least I don't. Same with Neovim.
I don't get this. There are so many things that Zed does better than VS Code, but typing latency is the least noticeable and interesting.
I'm becoming a true convert, though I occasionally must drop down to a termianl for advanced vim features. That's high praise coming from me, as I have a high bar for adopting new tools.