I've witnessed the insane efficiency of insurance reps working green screens. The entry barrier is huge, but after striving to learn it, most of them became extremely adept at making the software do what *they* needed. OS X enables searching for a command from the help menu. This inelegant hack lets me execute shortcutless commands without running through e.g. CS4's vast menus. If anyone here knows about a more elegant option, let me know
The committed user can become more efficient using keyboard shortcuts. In the end, however, they're coincidental key-to-command mappings. Why not just tell the app what it is you want to do? (Reducing user errors and increasing feedback through a context-sensitive, suggestive command mode, of course. I don't use Ubiquity for many things, but for the things I do, it's unbeatable (Try "amaz interaction design") Which other apps that mix a GUI & a rich command mode should we all know about? ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [email protected] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
