> But the whole idea is these are functions that are used often, so having their access embedded in muscle memory is in my opinion the better way to accomplish

> But the whole idea is these are functions that are used often, so having their access embedded in muscle memory is in my opinion the better way to accomplish this The problem with keyboard shortcuts is that they're more complicated to press, often requiring two hands or at least a specific hand to press them. Having a macro pad makes it equally easy to activate an action no matter what I'm doing. Outside of programming and writing, my hand is almost always on the mouse, so two-handed or right-handed chords are out of the questions. On the left side, there aren't many combos that are easy to press one-handed and aren't used already. Additionally, macro pads are also great for rarely-used but annoying actions. Things that aren't common enough to waste screen space or keyboard shortcuts on, but are annoying to do by clicking through menus.