I use Vim because I'm faster in it than anything else, hands down. But I do think there's probably some vague psychological argument to be made about the elega

I use Vim because I'm faster in it than anything else, hands down. But I do think there's probably some vague psychological argument to be made about the elegance and simplicity of your tools mirroring a state of mind conducive to elegance and simplicity in your programming. It's why people are into tools like WriteRoom. Plus, I feel like the smooth scrolling feature actually does help you preserve an awareness of where you are when you're browsing a file.