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Intuitive to me: press a button toggles a mode. Hit the button again to toggle again. Also intuitive to me: press a button to toggle a mode, hit Escape to escape that mode. Not intuitive to me: press a button to toggle a mode. Press Backspace to erase a character that isn't on the screen.

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But didn't it become more intuitive when I explained it? 'Type something to enter a mode, delete it to exit'. I'm pretty used to invisible characters, but I just think it makes sense. Anyway, you really just need to hear it once, and then it should stick.

No, I still don't find anything intuitive about it. It's not hard to memorize, but I still don't find it an intuitive or sensible method for exiting.

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