Hi Ditto,
> I guess the average Rhino user uses 20 or so operations / commands on a normal day. Just as the
> average MoI user. Believe me, these can be held in ones head.
For the most frequently used ones, setting up a keyboard shortcut does the same job really...
For the ones that are not used very frequently (like less than once a minute say), there just isn't much to gain over just using the regular menu with the mouse. MoI's side pane menus are usually quite a bit quicker to access than the regular "pull down from the top" menus because they stay open and also the buttons are larger squarish targets with an icon and text combined.
It's a great advantage in simplicity having a single mechanism that combines both a menu and a toolbar mechanism together.
Having said all that, I would say that having some more type-in command options is certainly a possibility for some optional plug-in in the future. It just hasn't been a priority for the default MoI UI. In fact the priority for MoI's UI was initially exactly the opposite of that, the focus for MoI at the start was to make it possible to run the program from a drawing tablet in your lap with your feet up and never having to touch even a single key on the keyboard at all for regular operation. That's become less of a priority but it's still what has primarily shaped MoI though, if that helps explain why typing in command names just hasn't been a focus...
- Michael
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