I think you are misunderstanding me. I am not calling terminals disempowering.
I am criticizing the keyboard handling (and general input device handling) at all levels of the computing stack from device firmware and drivers up through web or curses applications. As a user, it is effectively impossible to get the keyboard to behave the way I want (or even in a way that I can anticipate with some kind of mental model) in every context.
I am criticizing the keyboard handling (and general input device handling) at all levels of the computing stack from device firmware and drivers up through web or curses applications. As a user, it is effectively impossible to get the keyboard to behave the way I want (or even in a way that I can anticipate with some kind of mental model) in every context.