John Levon wrote: > 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.
That's my point. Non-standard choices are bad, so let's automatize the thing. Or at least make it in a standard way. > That's fine for the default first choice, the tricky part is when the > first letter is not available. What I'm saying is that they are not useful at all (for me) if they are not on the first say, two, letters of any word. > If you do it often, it's likely slightly easier to remember if it's a > meaningful mnemonic. Maybe you are right. An example not in the first letter? (without using run-together words please) Regards, Alfredo
