[ge-talk] new way for keyboard shortcuts

[Michael Phipps]

Ari Haviv wrote:
> My solution: press control and out pops up an edit field (similar to
> what you get if you type / in firefox) and you enter a command and hit
> enter.
> 
> So you'd hit control, type cut, hit enter and the selected text would be cut.
> Another advantage is that you could type page down and not have to
> reach all the way to the page down key.

<teasing mode="gentle">
Congratulations! You just reinvented Lotus 1-2-3!
</teasing>

Seriously - you hit the nail on the head about one thing - the problem with 
keyboard commands is that they are not intuitive. Look at using bash. A 
bash user has 100X the power that a Tracker user has. At least 100X. :-D 
But it is hard to use. So the question is, do you try to add that power to 
tracker or try to make the shell easier to use?

Generally, people attempt to add the power to the UI. What I wonder, 
though, is if it would be possible and useful to add ease of use to the 
shell. Look at Google's "Quick Add" in their calendar as an example. If you 
haven't played with it, check it out. There is a good example of a text 
only UI done really right.