Does Sublime's "minimap" improve productivity?

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Published on 2012-07-11T03:41:31Z Indexed on 2012/07/11 9:21 UTC
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I'm a pretty big fan of Sublime. One of my favorite features is the ability to scroll through your file by using the compressed image of your text on the upper right hand corner (minimap). My gut feeling is this does positive things for productivity:

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Does having this minimap to scroll through actually improve productivity?

P.S. - Side question: Did Sublime invent this idea, or did they take it from another text editor?

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