Google Picks a Side in Editor Wars

Description

A wide Google search results screenshot shows the query "emacs" typed in the search bar. The interface includes tabs for "All," "Images," "Videos," "News," "Maps," and "More," plus "Settings" and "Tools," and the results line reads "About 9,820,000 results (0.81 seconds)." Beneath it, Google displays the red suggestion text: "Did you mean: vi" with "vi" in bold, and a small "t.me/dev_meme" watermark appears at the bottom right. The meme plays on the long-running Emacs versus vi editor war by making Google appear to correct Emacs users toward the rival editor.

Common Tags

EditorWars TextEditorChoice IDEsAndTextEditors TextEditors EmacsPackages UnixCulture DeveloperTribalism TechTribalism Google GoogleSearchTips DeveloperHumor CommunityTropes

Comments

Anonymous ★ Top Pick The editor war finally ended when autocomplete achieved sentience and chose modal editing.

Anonymous ★ Top Pick

The editor war finally ended when autocomplete achieved sentience and chose modal editing.
@unexpiredmilk 5y

Pog
@ZgGPuo8dZef58K6hxxGVj3Z2 5y

Script kiddies using "Inspect element"
1. @hekary715 5y
  
  ah yes, inspect element
  
  @ZgGPuo8dZef58K6hxxGVj3Z2 5y
  
  Where?
  
  @affirvega 5y
  
  weird, same for me
  
  @ZgGPuo8dZef58K6hxxGVj3Z2 5y
  
  I was right its just sone script kiddie with Dev Tools
  
  @kh1703 5y
  
  but it worked for me
  
  @ZgGPuo8dZef58K6hxxGVj3Z2 5y
  
  I tried in PC and mobile mode none of them worked
  
  @somebody48 5y
  
  Does not work with German, you have to change the language to English
@ProAbdulrahman 5y

What is that mean?
@AlexSokolov88 5y

https://t.me/sendmegifs/310
@kh1703 5y

.
1. @ZgGPuo8dZef58K6hxxGVj3Z2 5y
  
  Either DevTools or regional stuff
@NoCountryForOldBuffet 5y

Worked for me, East US
@beton_kruglosu_totchno 5y

https://www.google.com/search?q=vi&hl=en https://www.google.com/search?q=emacs&hl=en
@beton_kruglosu_totchno 5y

Notice the hl=en