Me too like user customizable menu keys!

[Herbert Elbrecht]

Same here -

On 07.07.2004, at 17:11, Paco Hope wrote:

> Pär Johansson said:
>> I mean how impossible isn't it to press CTRL
>> + CMD + left square bracket - the latter isn't visible on the 
>> keyboard!

same with German keyboard…

> Eeek.
>
>> And when you zoom in with CTRL + CMD + "=" and out with CTRL + CMD +
>> "-", that is not a very intuitive pair of keys; one has to learn it
>> exclusively for OmniGraffle, and that hurts, it shouldn't have to be
>> so!
>
> This key combination is used by almost every MacOS' program (e.g. 
> Safari,
> Terminal.app, Preview), Photoshop, the GIMP, Mozilla, Entourage, and 
> lots
> of other applications.  It has become a very common standard for zoom 
> in
> and out.
>
> It is not perfectly consistent, though.  Even some applications are not
> really symmetric. Here's a quick chart of programs I had handy:
>
> Application           Zoom In            Zoom Out
> Mozilla               CMD + Shift + =    CMD + Shift + -
> Entourage             CMD + Shift + =    CMD + Shift + -
> Apple applications    CMD + Shift + =    CMD + -

Apple Preview/Vorschau:   CMD + +          CMD + -      is unbeatable 
short!

> GIMP                  =                  -
>
> Althought it might be painful on a Swedish keyboard, you at least get
> something for your pain.
>
> I had to use Windows with a Swedish keyboard one time. I got very
> frustrated quickly when I discovered that backslash was Ctrl+Alt+7!  
> The
> Swedish design some really cool things, but computer keyboards are not 
> a
> good example. ;)
>
> Best regards,
> Paco
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