"Thorsten Froehlich" <tho### [at] trfde> wrote...
>
> - Selecting a menu item in a menu (the menu bar is at the top of the
screen)
> - Using a keyboard shortcut
>

This is very interesting.  Many GUI OS and application designers have chosen
to provide both.  The keyboard shortcuts, which have a higher learning
curve, are presented in such a way that experts love them, but newbies
ignore them.  Mouse-operated features are used by newbies and experts alike.

In other words, the introduction of a new method of doing something, if
presented properly, will not necessarily confuse newbies, but will provided
added functionality that experts will grow to love, once they have mastered
the slightly steeper learning curve.

-Nathan

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