rcentros wrote the following as part of a post:
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Originally Posted by rcentros
The reason I still like WordStar (at least remember it fondly) is because it was fast and efficient, both in the way you formatted with it and in the way you navigated in it. Where the newer WYSIWIG word processors excel is in formatting your documents -- but that also can get in the way of writing. You start fretting about the way your writing looks, rather than worrying about getting the words down. Presentation can become more important than the substance.
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I strongly agree about the temptation to "fiddle with formatting" as a disadvantage of WYSIWIG word processing. That's the reason that I've purposely limited my formatting options when I do my writing (for example, when I send e-mails I only send plain text so that I concentrate what I'm writing rather than what it looks like). When formatting my documents I take a little time to decide what works for me and then I stick with it unless there's a good reason to change.