Engineers love keyboard shortcuts. So, the ability offers like most Google products, Google mail, all with a touch of a button, by creating a new message (c for compose) pretty much goes back to the main list of emails (u for themselves). These shortcuts are one of the best features of Gmail: you can compose, archive, forwards and replies to messages, switch labels, search, and more all without reaching for the mouse,.
Oh, they are also difficult to learn. After you enable keyboard shortcuts in the settings screen, press the "?", a semi-transparent overlay to get list of all links. For some people not look at a long list of the best way to learn-and that the KeyRocket thinks that it can do better.
Every time when you use the mouse to do something that can do your keyboard, you let know, KeyRocket.
Veodin's KeyRocket for Gmail sits in the background and quietly watches as you use Gmail your every move. Once (to select it), click the checkbox next to a message, it opens a discreet notification let you know, you could've made just "X" on your keyboard, to do the same. If you had used the reply button, DaaŸ KeyRocket 'R' as well.
Because the messages are contextual, much more useful than a help sheet: you learn in bite-sized pieces, and only the functions that you can actually use.
KeyRocket makes it easy to understand key combinations.KeyRocket is not perfect: it should ideally able to say, if you already know a shortcut and just prefers using the mouse out and again for the same function. KeyRocket should not tell me about the "#" shortcut at a time when I use the mouse-clicking the button only the first couple of times.
But despite this minor flaw, KeyRocket is an excellent learning tool for Gmail.
Note: The download button you get to the chrome Web store, where you can install the latest version directly into the chrome browser.
Endless tweaking his workflow for comfort and efficiency, Erez is a freelance writer on a mission, the simplest, coolest, and most effective software and websites to discover, make happen this morning.
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