I don't really buy the home row argument very much. I get why if you can touch type, that this is important to some extent, but mostly I think that when you sta

I don't really buy the home row argument very much. I get why if you can touch type, that this is important to some extent, but mostly I think that when you start having to find and click on icons, or navigate menus, there's an interrupt in your cognitive flow. Watching the graphic and motion graphics designers at work, they're dominant hand rarely leaves their mouse, while the other hand hammers at shortcut keys to switch tools. They don't care about the home row, just using the fewest actions to complete a task. When I'm using a piece software maybe a few times a month, I'm grateful for icons and menus to help me remember how to do anything. When I use a piece of software on a daily basis, then I learn the shortcuts until it's muscle memory, an keep my hand away from the mouse as much as possible.