On Sun, Sep 27, 2020 at 8:52 PM Bob Newell <bobnewell@bobnewell.net> wrote:

> I don't want Emacs to be Visual Studio. I certainly don't want
> it to be like an office suite with toolbars and ribbons filled
> with incomprehensible icons. I'm comfortable with the idea of
> putting in effort to get a lot more back in return. In turn, I
> recognize the need to keep the community active by bringing in
> new people. It's a balancing act but if we don't stay true to
> the core concepts of Emacs, which to me are unrivaled power
> and flexibility with a minimalist, unobtrusive interface,
> I think we will have gone in an unfortunate direction.

I agree wholeheartedly.

If I look at other todo apps...they have either too many features

or too few, and most importantly, almost every user complains

something doesn't work the way they want... org-mode has

none of those problems: it's flexible and adaptable to the core.