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README.md

@@ -92,28 +92,29 @@ Restart `R` completely for the installation to take effect.
 
 ## Alternative packages
 
-Someone on Twitter asked me to make more explicit comparisons to
-alternatives. So here are a few totally biased (and possibly unfair)
-comments.
-
-There are many fantastic table-drawing packages out there. Most
-alternative packages have features that `tinytable` does not (yet)
-support. The ones I will focus on in this section are the ones I
-recommend you try if you don’t find the features you like in
-`tinytable`:
+Several people have asked me how `tinytable` compares to alternative
+table-drawing packages in `R`. And indeed, there are many fantastic
+table-drawing packages already out there. Most of theses alternatives
+have features that `tinytable` does not (yet) support. If you don’t find
+what you need in `tinytable`, I recommend you try one of these:
 
 -   [`gt`](https://gt.rstudio.com)
 -   [`kableExtra`](https://haozhu233.github.io/kableExtra/)
 -   [`huxtable`](https://hughjonesd.github.io/huxtable/)
 -   [`DT`](https://rstudio.github.io/DT/)
 -   [`flextable`](https://davidgohel.github.io/flextable/)
 
-The first difference between `tinytable` and other table-drawing package
-is that `tinytable` covers much of the same functionality without
-loading any other `R` package by default. I think it is very important
-for `R` package developers to have a table-drawing package that does not
-force them to import the whole `tidyverse`. In my view, this service to
-developers alone justifies writing a new package.
+Here are a few totally biased (and possibly unfair) comments about each
+of them.
+
+The first difference between `tinytable` and alternatives is that
+`tinytable` covers much of the same functionality without loading any
+other `R` package by default. I think it is very important for `R`
+package developers to have access to a table-drawing package that does
+not force them to import half of the `tidyverse`. In my view, this
+service to developers alone justifies writing a new package.
+
+Now let’s consider alternatives one by one.
 
 `gt` (65 dependencies) is an amazingly powerful table-drawing package;
 possibly the most powerful in R. I like it *a lot*, and it is the first

README.qmd

@@ -71,9 +71,7 @@ Restart `R` completely for the installation to take effect.
 
 ## Alternative packages
 
-Someone on Twitter asked me to make more explicit comparisons to alternatives. So here are a few totally biased (and possibly unfair) comments.
-
-There are many fantastic table-drawing packages out there. Most alternative packages have features that `tinytable` does not (yet) support. The ones I will focus on in this section are the ones I recommend you try if you don't find the features you like in `tinytable`:
+Several people have asked me how `tinytable` compares to alternative table-drawing packages in `R`. And indeed, there are many fantastic table-drawing packages already out there. Most of theses alternatives have features that `tinytable` does not (yet) support. If you don't find what you need in `tinytable`, I recommend you try one of these:
 
 * [`gt`](https://gt.rstudio.com)
 * [`kableExtra`](https://haozhu233.github.io/kableExtra/)
@@ -90,7 +88,11 @@ dep_huxtable <- length(tools::package_dependencies("huxtable", recursive=TRUE, d
 dep_DT <- length(tools::package_dependencies("DT", recursive=TRUE, db=db)[[1]])
 ```
 
-The first difference between `tinytable` and other table-drawing package is that `tinytable` covers much of the same functionality without loading any other `R` package by default. I think it is very important for `R` package developers to have a table-drawing package that does not force them to import the whole `tidyverse`. In my view, this service to developers alone justifies writing a new package.
+Here are a few totally biased (and possibly unfair) comments about each of them.
+
+The first difference between `tinytable` and alternatives is that `tinytable` covers much of the same functionality without loading any other `R` package by default. I think it is very important for `R` package developers to have access to a table-drawing package that does not force them to import half of the `tidyverse`. In my view, this service to developers alone justifies writing a new package.
+
+Now let's consider alternatives one by one.
 
 `gt` (`r dep_gt` dependencies) is an amazingly powerful table-drawing package; possibly the most powerful in R. I like it *a lot*, and it is the first package that I recommend you try if you don't like `tinytable`. The reasons I don't personally use `gt` on a day-to-day basis are entirely subjective. First, and least important, I find its syntax very verbose: customizing any aspect of a table always seems to take *many* keystrokes. Second, and this is obviously a reflection of my own limitations, but I have never quite figured out `gt` actually works; it has so many exported functions (180+!) that I get lost. `gt` is more powerful than `tinytable`, but that power comes at the price of complexity. One goal of `tinytable` is to let you do 98% of what you need by learning 4 simple functions (and maybe some CSS).