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There's a big challenge in usability with keyboard-only. I don't at all dispute that keyboard is faster, once you learn how to use it with whatever application(
by gregmac 7y ago
There's a big challenge in usability with keyboard-only. I don't at all dispute that keyboard is faster, once you learn how to use it with whatever application(s), but that's exactly the problem.
I heavily use the keyboard, and for certain things (mostly apps I use daily) I'm highly proficient with it, barely touching the mouse at all. But once in a while I have to work with a spreadsheet, or edit an icon, or use some other piece of software I only use maybe a couple times per year. I simply don't remember shortcuts and I certainly can't justify spending the time to (re)learn enough to be more efficient keyboard-only that with a mouse, so I just rely on the mouse.
It's hard to imagine any keyboard-only (G)UI doing a better job at making usage discoverable than what can be done with a mouse-enabled one.
- jonathanstrange 7y agoThe problem is and always was the lack of a good online help system. Apple and Microsoft did really lousy jobs with those systems. The OS should provide a whole screen display that instantly gives you a cheat sheet of the most important keyboard shortcuts, and it needs to be clearly readable and intelligently organized. Its mysterious to me why this is not standard in every operating system.