For me, the power of Emacs is mainly that I can do everything with the keyboard, which is not only much faster, but also - to me - much more enjoyable than going through visual menus with the mouse.
For someone not good with the keyboard, it's probably a nightmare. I suppose it's good for power users and terrible for casual users, and I don't know if there's any way to really build one user interface that works equally well for both, it's usually a compromise.
The next best thing I love about Emacs is that I can do anything conceivable with code. This one is an even larger gap between power users and casual users.
I think tools like that are just fated to only attract a select few.
For someone not good with the keyboard, it's probably a nightmare. I suppose it's good for power users and terrible for casual users, and I don't know if there's any way to really build one user interface that works equally well for both, it's usually a compromise.
The next best thing I love about Emacs is that I can do anything conceivable with code. This one is an even larger gap between power users and casual users.
I think tools like that are just fated to only attract a select few.