I've always disliked that Bram calls Vim a "modal" editor. All this means is your keyboard and mouse actions do different things based on what "mode" of the editor you're in. All editors are "modal" editors. In VSCode for example, if you've focused the search box, pressing up loads the previous search, compared to if you've focused the code area, pressing up goes up a line.
Vim purports to be more efficient than other editors because it's a modal editor, but that's nonsense.
Vim purports to be more efficient than other editors because it's a modal editor, but that's nonsense.