Re: FLASH: Killing Me With Keyboard Shortcuts

[Brad Merritt]

At 11:21 AM 11/19/98 -0500, you wrote:

>Hi guys,

>I'm adding a little momentum to the "Moused Out to the Max" thread that

>went by a little while ago. I was amazed when I started using Flash 3

>that MM had taken the time to change and add so many keyboard

>shortcuts, and that so many of them nearly threw my hand into permanent

>paralysis.

>

>I use the Windows version the most, so my problems are mostly Windows

>based. I think the Flash product management should be sat down and

>forced to perform each of these with a single hand 100 times:

>

>1) CTRL + ALT + R (rewind movie, used to be CTRL + 0)

>2) CTRL + ALT + S (scale&rotate, used to be CTRL + SHIFT + S)

>3) CTRL + SHIFT + G (ungroup)

>4) CTRL + ALT + B (enable buttons)

>

>And then:

>5) CTRL + ALT + SHIFT + T (antialias text)

>6) CTRL + ALT + SHIFT + O (outlines)

>7) CTRL + ALT + SHIFT + G (enable grid)

>8) CTRL + ALT + SHIFT + S (export movie)

>

>Are you kidding me??  "CTRL ALT SHIFT + ANYTHING" is NOT a hotkey, it's

>a month in carpal tunnel rehab! Any key combination that requires the

>use of 80% of the digits on one hand is no shortcut.

>

>And finally, my personal nemesis:

>9) CTRL + ALT + SHIFT + C (optimize curves)

>

>The horror.

>

>Honestly, I don't have any idea how those things got past QA.

>

>

I've copied this message to wish-flashmacromedia [dot] com. Please send a

>note to that address if you have the same problems so MM can get a

>sense of how important this is. And maybe, just maybe, they'll finally

>add CTRL + and CTRL - for zoom in zoom out.



I have wished this to MM too. That was one of the first things I noticed

was the changing of the shortcuts to the ergonomically evil configuration.

VIVA LA FLASH2 SHORTCUTS!


Brad


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