I initially found the noun-verb model of Helix appealing, but I discovered that I prefer verb-noun much better after giving it a try.

One major drawback of the noun-verb approach is its inability to support repetition using the `.` command, which is one of my favorite features in Vim. I often find myself doing something along the lines of `dd..`, `dap..`, `<Ctrl-a>..`, or `/foo<Enter>cgnbar<Esc>...un...`.

More importantly, noun-verb editors have a shortage of usable keys. Too many common operations require the use of the alt key, and that bothers me a lot. This seems inherent to the noun-verb model.

To expand on this, Vim has normal, visual, and insert modes. Noun-verb editors only have visual and insert modes, resulting in fewer options for key assignments. To exacerbate the issue, noun-verb editors have no distinction between motions and text objects. This means they must map text objects in visual mode, whereas Vim only needs to map them after some verbs. So noun-verb editors uses up more keys in less modes.