2011/3/21 Olin Lathrop > Microsoft used > to be better than most at this too. They didn't always have a accessible > underlying command layer, but they were generally good about everything > being doable from a menu entry, usually with a shortcut key, and didn't > make > a toolbar icon or a right-click menu the only way to do something. > Unfortunately, they have decended into the only placating the morons > instead > of supporting both the morons and the power users. > Do you actually have an specific example in mind? In my experience, this is quite the opposite. MS is adding more features to the power users than ever before. Take PowerShell, or take MS Office 2007 or 2010 for instance, I don't like the ribbon stuff and new GUI, but the menu shortcuts are more powerful than ever. Click on [Alt] key in MS Word and you will get a very clever implementation on visible shortcuts. --=20 Ariel Rocholl --=20 http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .