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Huh? Have you hit the ? mark? Gmail's key-bindings are set up to be as fast as possible, and are faster to type than a normal desktop app, as you don't have t
by lallysingh 14y ago
Huh? Have you hit the ? mark? Gmail's key-bindings are set up to be as fast as possible, and are faster to type than a normal desktop app, as you don't have to worry about eating up characters meant for a text box somewhere. I really suggest you give it a fair shot. I like it a lot better than any desktop mail app I've ever used (and that's been quite a few).
For example: To go to "Starred" hit "g" then "s". To go to an arbitrary label, hit "g" "l" and then you have a drop-down list of labels, with autocomplete. Seems nicer than tabbing about. To compose, hit "c".
- WayneDB 14y agoYeah, that's great except it's completely non-obvious and totally inconsistent with every other application that I use.
- anakinx 14y agoUnless you're a vim user
- WayneDB 14y agoHow about if I'm a typical Office user? Though there's a lot more to UX consistency than keyboard shortcuts...since we're on the topic...I wonder if these Gmail shortcuts are even consistent within Google's own offerings. Anyone wanna look?
- rbanffy 14y agoI believe one of the most important design goals of Microsoft Office has always been to make it nearly impossible for someone to migrate away from it.
- WayneDB 14y agoSo, that's why even third-party programs are consistent with things like "Ctrl + N" to start a new document? Sorry, that's an Windows standard and it didn't even start with Windows.