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KeyCue

KeyCue

Display list of currently available menu shortcuts by holding down a command key.

Version:  4.5

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Falls Short

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Contributed by: FredericoR Tuesday, May 04 2004 @ 08:43 AM PDT

Product Platform: MacOSX

Used Product For: Less than a month

Recommend Product: NO

Interesting concept, but it falls desperately short of the mark in that it only displays shortcuts already listed in the Menubar. It fails to present a *COMPLETE* list of available shortcuts; i.e., the ones only found in manuals or by word of mouth, thus that are hardest to remember, and, therefore, learn.

It would be worth the asking price three times over if it could scan an application (as opposed to maintaining premade lists) and locate all the "hidden" keystrokes.

On an aside, and I can't confirm 100% it's related, *BUT*, after trying this app and allowing the machine to go to sleep, I lost total control of cursor movement upon wake. Unplugging/plugging USB mouse, trackball, trackpad, tablet, et al, had no effect; the devices were recognized by ASP but no amount of logging out/in, restarting processes via Terminal, etc., would resolve the issue; all other devices on the same USB bus worked fine. A Restart was required. Thank God for Universal Keyboard Access. All was fine until the machine went to sleep again, and upon wake, cursor control lost again. Discovered that KeyCue was set to launch on Login. Restarted, disabled (deleted) KeyCue, and the problem has not returned. As I said, I can't be certain beyond doubt that KeyCue is involved, but I've never seen that problem before (where a dead mouse/bad cable was not involved), and it was repeatable for two iterations where KeyCue was active and has not returned since it was removed. You be the judge.   
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