> The world would be better if each application domain had a consistent > set of core accelerators. File->New, File->Save, Cut/Copy/Paste, etc. > are good for most all applications. For a graphics program, common > tools like Pencil, Eraser, Move, Crop, etc. should have consistent > accelerators. Accelerators can diverge where the application domain > differs of course (e.g. raster versus vector editors) and where > applications specialize (tablet support versus not), but within each > sub-domain consistent cross-application accelerators would be better. >
But they don't. Maintaining legacy shortcuts prevents moving forward with new features. I still know the ctrl+k codes required for the first editor I used - I've never expected every other editor I use to support them. Even M$oft changes their own shortcuts all the time. We moved to Office 2007 at my work, and most of the shortcuts have changed. Part of it is intentional - by breaking the habits of users you can move them to new paradigms of UI. Just my 2 bits. -Rob A> _______________________________________________ Gimp-developer mailing list Gimp-developer@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer
