What are some products with great, keyboard-shortcut focused first time user experiences?
Example: Medium.com has a captivating set of tips along the bottom when you first write a post; about half of which are keyboard shortcuts. What other great products out there are innovative in this way :)?
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- I use this app only through keyboard shortcuts to move apps around the screen
- I am not really sure if Keyboard Maestro would fit here, but it's a great app if you want to do keyboard-shortcuts (virtual mouse and keyboard inputs) on any app!Brilliant app. It's the bees knees when it comes to keyboard macro recording with ease. It's an intuitive way to build complex workflows to save time and strained hands on mouse/trackpads. This app allows you to take those great keyboard shortcuts you know and love, and bring them into other programs, control your UI, run scripts, macros, workflows, actions, etc. Also great to be running alongside alfred, karabiner and either a macropad and/or a programmable keyboard for ultimate workflow control.
- Waldo BroodrykFounder at Webprints · WrittenSuper easy to modify, and it includes the ability to add custom fields easily.
- Nick AbouzeidGrowth @ Ramp · WrittenEmojis EVERYWHERE! Touch bar has nothing on this. Only way to use emojis on Mac. 🚀I tried Rocket on my Mac once. Found it a bit slow/not working in certain cases, but is a good choice, nevertheless.Ben AdamskiDeveloper. Storyteller. Collaborator. · WrittenI tried it out briefly and found auto expanding all of my favorite emojis (every slack default) as snippets in alfred to always be faster—but I'm keeping my eyes on Rocket!
- Nick AbouzeidGrowth @ Ramp · WrittenIf Spotlight was actually powerful, it would be Alfred. Alfred lets you build in hundreds of shortcuts, including my favorite "Open {{file name}}" all from your keyboard. Saved me hours - was the first thing I installed when I got my new computer.
- Alfred is the ultimate productivity app. This will MAKE you a keyboard shortcut freak (if you aren't already, for some reason...)Ben AdamskiDeveloper. Storyteller. Collaborator. · WrittenI can't believe this isn't higher! My first install on any new computer.
- phillpaffordminer · WrittenThe only keyboard shortcut / hotkey app you'll ever need! It displays any applications shortcuts
- Larry KokoszkaFounder, Ghost Browser · WrittenLarry Kokoszka made this productGhost browser has keyboard shortcuts to open up isolated cookie jars in the same browser window and also new Projects on the fly. We'll be expanding keyboard shortcuts to include a lot of other stuff too...probably in the order that they are requested.
- Record screenshots, videos, and GIFs, and annotate in the cloud via keyboard shortcuts. Very useful, use CloudApp multiple times daily. Disclosure: minor investor ✌️Ben AdamskiDeveloper. Storyteller. Collaborator. · WrittenNothing even compares for screenshots, videos, gifs and heavily annotating any of those options. I can't imagine my computer life without it. (They don't pay me but I'd quit any job I've had to work there in a ❤beat)
- David Adamudesigner of the future 🦄✨ · WrittenAs a designer, I find myself using Dribbble for inspiration. They have nice shortcut to like a post and perform other operations.
- Nick AbouzeidGrowth @ Ramp · WrittenLive. Saver. Especially when you're moving a bunch of text between windows or pages. Access up to 40 of the past things you've copied, directly from your keyboard. I change the shortcut to CMD+Shift+V, but to each his own 🤗
- Evernote has some very useful keyboard shortcuts. Although, now that I use the emoji keyboard shortcut, I end triggering an Evernote command quite often unintentionally. 😅Ben AdamskiDeveloper. Storyteller. Collaborator. · WrittenStill think Evernote needs more keyboard love, but since they released a hotkey for fuzzy searching anything from tags, titles, notebooks or keywords, I haven't used anything else to dig through my Evernote.
- Payton GuthrieGrowth Hacker · WrittenBest chat app on the market and super easy to use mouse free...beautiful layout on Mac as wellBen AdamskiDeveloper. Storyteller. Collaborator. · WrittenSlack's desktop app does keyboard shortcuts right. I almost never use my mouse for anything. (except maybe scrolling through large libraries of emojis)
- 2VimiumTurn every single website in your browser into something you can keyboard shortcut your way through! I can't begin to describe how much mental effort this saves me as I browse websites on a day to day basis...
- Daniel LinProduct Designer · WrittenDaniel Lin made this productQuickey Tab sets keyboard-shortcuts for launching websites/bookmarks! It introduces keyboard-shortcuts in a uniquely visual/customizable way (drag-and-drop customization, emoji personalization)
