My workaround is to middle-click on the comment headline to expand it AND open it in another tab. That doesn't collapse the rest of the thread in the current window. Then every minute or two I hit Ctrl-W 50 times to clean up.

About as likely to be a nuclear explosion as if they'd dropped a volkswagon...

Like you said, for swordfighting, the one-to-one motion is key. If swinging the controller is just a trigger for a predetermined swing, it accomplishes nothing more than could be done by pushing a button, and they've missed the point. Wii Sport Resort swordplay is very close, but I don't think it's been done in a "real" game yet.

although now that my subscription "impressions" have been exhausted, oddly, I now have a "remove ads" checkbox on the front page??

And of course it refuses to recognize either of my external USB HDDs as a target for backing up or reading data from...

That's terrible if you want any kind of control, though.

And it doesn't solve the problem of multiple people accessing the document (and editing it) at the same time.

It just hides the problem, and forces you to go back and see who did what. They make that easy, sure, but it's no easier than "Document - By Bob on Date" and "Document - By Jane on Date". In fact, this is what Google Docs essentially does.

The open access, open edit method Google Docs uses is great for sharing, but it's terrible if you want any kind of control over who can view/edit a document when, redaction, or in general any kind of workflow where all users are not equal or usage rights change over time.