In what way does highlighting with the mouse not feel right?
Seems to work pretty much the same as in Visual Studio to me. Mind you I hardly ever use it, I prefer to mark the region instead.
If you can add what you want to Emacs without making the new features compulsory and without removing the existing ones then by all means go for it. But I suspect that the lack of some features is simply down to no one with enough enthusiasm and expertise to build them actually wanting them. Most of Emacs' features were built by people who wanted to use them so a lot of stuff ends up being worked on just until it is good enough for the creator's own purposes.
Seems to work pretty much the same as in Visual Studio to me. Mind you I hardly ever use it, I prefer to mark the region instead.
If you can add what you want to Emacs without making the new features compulsory and without removing the existing ones then by all means go for it. But I suspect that the lack of some features is simply down to no one with enough enthusiasm and expertise to build them actually wanting them. Most of Emacs' features were built by people who wanted to use them so a lot of stuff ends up being worked on just until it is good enough for the creator's own purposes.