On Tue, Feb 11, 2003 at 09:08:25AM +0100, Alfredo Braunstein wrote: > Making shorcuts consistent would accelerate user interaction. In fact, I > find a PITA every cleverness in choosing shorcuts. In the > Layout->Document->Layout dialog tab (Qt frontend) we have for instance > "Options|t" without any reason for not using O. Or "Page style|s" when P > would be much more intuitive. And "Float placement|p", same thing.
This doesn't sound like cleverness to me, but silly choices. > If you want my opinion, I think shorcuts are useful when they are on the > first letter. That's fine for the default first choice, the tricky part is when the first letter is not available. > And it's indifferent (at least for me) if they follow some meaning of the > action: you have to look at the dialog to use them. If you do it often, it's likely slightly easier to remember if it's a meaningful mnemonic. regards john
