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More generally, any frequently used software should be made “muscle-memorizable”, and then should not break it in later versions without good reasons. Muscle memory has the benefit of enabling “blind” and semi-asynchronous operation of the software, without constant visual confirmation for each micro-interaction. There’s unfortunately a trend in desktop software to make operation by keyboard ever more cumbersome or outright impossible.


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