keyboard shortcuts

Simple Tech Productivity Tips

November 24, 2009

These beginner tips (optimized for PC users, but some equally applicable for Macs) might help you gain a few minutes back into your hectic day, or make some of your routine tasks easier and more efficient.

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Keyboard shortcuts make life easier in Gmail, everything else

February 27, 2009

Sure, the mouse is intuitive. See, point, click. No memorization required. But it also requires me to constantly move my hand back and forth between the mouse and keyboard. Whenever possible, I prefer to learn keyboard shortcuts to cut down on that movement.
Most software has keyboard shortcuts. Nearly everyone is familiar with the basics: ctrl+s [...]

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Launchy upgrade just released

April 26, 2007

Launchy 1.2.5 is available today. It contains a few tweaks, and a new, customizable launcher, Runny (ick), that lets you use arguments to customize the application you are running. Pretty neat if you, like me, appreciate not having to reach for the Start menu quite so often.
[via Lifehacker]

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Fight RSI: Launchy

February 1, 2007

I have no idea whether using the keyboard is more likely to ward off repetitive stress injuries than using the mouse, but I just discovered Launchy from a Lifehacker post yesterday, and it is pretty sweet.

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Ditch the mouse: keyboard shortcuts in Office 2007

January 26, 2007

Mousing gives you carpal tunnel syndrome, anyway. Keyboard shortcuts are of the Path [Lifehacker]. Although the new Office 2007 toolbar looks like a shiny cartoon vomited on Outlook 2003, it seems Microsoft got keyboard shortcuts right. Hit Alt, and every keyboard shortcut shows up next to the function it triggers.
Forget stop > reach > point [...]

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