> We don't tolerate this for, say, word processors; people don't go to a piece of paper to lay out their headings and only then work out the incantations necessary to achieve that result.
There's a reasonably significant set of people that do this sort of thing. The backlash against word processors in favor of simpler focused writing tools or even simpler word processors is what I'd offer as evidence. Scott Hanselmann's video series on "How to REALLY use Word." is another example. (Word has offered powerful stylesheet features since at least 1991 and very few people actually use them, even those that could benefit.)
There's a reasonably significant set of people that do this sort of thing. The backlash against word processors in favor of simpler focused writing tools or even simpler word processors is what I'd offer as evidence. Scott Hanselmann's video series on "How to REALLY use Word." is another example. (Word has offered powerful stylesheet features since at least 1991 and very few people actually use them, even those that could benefit.)