In my first year at university I read an article named “Escaping the mousetrap”. It was about how keyboard shortcuts can increase your productivity.
It contained a list of shortcuts for Windows 2000. It really changed my approach to computers: moving your hands off the keyboard to use the mouse is slow..
Since then i always try to learn keyboard shortcuts for the software I daily use.
Apps
- Gnome http://www.ghacks.net/2009/03/18/handy-gnome-keyboard-shortcuts/
- Eclipse http://eclipse-tools.sourceforge.net/Keyboard_shortcuts_(3.0).pdf
- Firefox http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Keyboard+shortcuts
- Chrome http://www.google.com/support/chrome/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=95743
- Gimp http://www.gimpusers.com/gimp-hotkeys.php
- Bash http://www.ice2o.com/bash_quick_ref.html
- VI http://ungerhu.com/jxh/vi.html
- Firebug http://getfirebug.com/wiki/index.php/Keyboard_and_Mouse_Shortcuts
Web Apps
- Google Reader http://www.google.com/support/reader/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=69973
- Gmail http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=6594
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