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I use Windows Notepad for work and had gotten used to using Alt-F-S-Alt-F-X to quickly save and close files. Sometime fairly recently, Notepad got updated, and now I this sequence often falls because I type it faster then the program can respond. Freaking Notepad.
You know, those command are just manually invoking the menus with the keyboard. It’s a fun trick, but was always slower than the dedicated keyboard shortcuts CTRL+S (Save) and Alt+F4 (Quit application).
Sure but it’s 4 keys that are close together so it’s easy to do very quickly with one hand.
In my experience, a lot of the bloat in software comes from the decision to specifically pick user interface designers that know nothing of software engineering. The basic idea is that the user should get the perfect interface for them instead of whatever monstrosity is more convenient for the developer.
I agree with the sentiment to a large extent, but the limit should be where the change slows down the software significantly. That doesn’t mean the user interface shouldn’t have features that are very expensive at run time, but it does mean that there should be a dialog about cost and benefit.
