Re: MD 2012: Features Lost, Needed or Irrelevant (to me, anyway)

Hi, all...

On 05/20/12 11:26 am, Gordon Alley thus wrote :
> In MD, cmd-N works for new transactions in the registers, as well as new
> splits in a split window.
>
> -Gordon
>
> On Sun, May 20, 2012 at 9:45 AM, Dave Saville<[email protected]>  wrote:
>
>> On Sun, 20 May 2012 10:28:15 -0400 Edward Reid wrote:
>> <snip>
>>
>>   Dave mentions the location of the "new transaction" button. I never even
>>> notice since I always do ctrl-N. However, I remember that this has come up
>>> before, and
>>> there's probably a thread about it on the official support forum. If you
>>> are one of those who really prefers to use the mouse for this function --
>>> you're not alone --
>>> you should add your voice there. ISTR that Sean was amenable to the idea
>>> of relocating the button.
>>>
>> The problem with keyboard shortcuts is it seems no two apps use the same
>> :-( Bit like *nix command line switches :-) The only ones I ever use are
>> copy&  paste.
>>
I'm with Dave on this. I do use keyboard commands for apps where the 
majority of the keys are as expected. Now, while I grant you that Ctrl-N 
(or Cmd-N on a Mac) is logical, Ctrl-Shift-G to generate a report (which 
I do much more often than generating a graph) makes absolutely *no* 
sense. Thus, I stick to the mouse in MD, and as Dave said, moving the 
new trans button to the extreme right took some major "getting used to" 
for me.

The best of all worlds would be:

  * Customizable keyboard shortcuts (which would dynamically update the
    hint text on the menus)
  * Customizable toolbars (not just the number/function/location of the
    buttons, but additional toolbars, as well)

In the absence of that, I'd take the ability to just move the existing 
items where I think they ought to be. :-)

Cheers

PS - And Ed, good suggestion for us to post our wants on the official 
list. Thanks for the reminder!

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