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From: kehr@felix.UUCP (Shirley Kehr)
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Subject: Re: replacing the desktop metaphor (Why any metaphor?)
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Date: 5 Jan 89 15:29:24 GMT
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In article <2554@spray.CalComp.COM> anson@spray.UUCP (Ed Anson) writes:
 
<I do remember a few of the most-used command key equivalents on some of
<the applications I use. But I use the menus for about 90% of the operations
<I perform (about 10% of the time). This is mostly because use of command
<key equivalents tend to be inconsistent between applications (shame on the
<developers), and I don't want to even try to remember who did what how.

I was particularly pleased to see that Canvas 2.0 uses key commands very
much like Microsoft Word (e.g., Cmd-Shift-i for italic, b for bold, etc.
This makes it much easier, since text is a major part of my Canvas "drawings."

Shirley Kehr