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The funny thing about nnn is that the maintainer is absurdly responsive to the point that whenever I didn't like something, rather than configuring it, I would complain and after some consensus from fellow complainers it would get changed in a commit which I immediately enjoyed since I use nnn-git from the AUR.

I feel like I configure nnn via github issues xD

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That's correct, we don't tend to add dispensable features without multiple users asking for it. Of course, features you demand would mean the world to you, but from where I stand, a feature bloat is the last thing in my mind. And the funny thing is, some users find it reasonable.

I don't think I ever asked for features actually; it was usually keyboard shortcut tweaks and other minor changes like that. Although obviously not really configurable keys, I felt like it was an interesting experience.

OK, then let me tell you a story - if you see the `^` and `v` in the latest release, someone requested for those and I personally found them useful and added those on first request. A week later, someone else asked for a program option to disable those.

If you think maintaining a piece of software like nnn is easy, it's not. You can't make everyone happy.

Reminds me of this clasic: https://xkcd.com/1172/

Exactly!

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