Existing users, 
A good idea, but the implementation is far from good. In order to be of real help, an application like this one should be quite responsive: a quick touch of the Command-button should suffice to get immediately to the shortcut panel. But unfortunately this is not the case. Even when the interval between pressing the Command-button and the popping up of the panel is set at its minimum (a quarter of a second), the application remains slow and rather unpredictable, interrupting the workflow rather unpleasantly.
Moreover, the trial version (with many ?????? taking the place of the shortcuts) almost seems designed to tease the user, rather then to give him (her) a fair chance to try out the application.
Let's hope future versions will bring the indispensable improvements.
KeyCue
Display list of currently available menu shortcuts by holding down a command key.
Version: 4.5
Good idea, bad implementation
Feedback Type: Review
Contributed by: Eckius Wednesday, February 01 2006 @ 04:33 AM PST
Product Platform: MacOSX
Used Product For: Less than a month
Recommend Product: NO
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Comments
Good idea, frustrating trial - Ward44
I've had KeyCue running in trial mode for nearly 3 months. The "use it 10 times" trial mode is reset at each Restart of Mac OS X. Since I usually go days or occasionally weeks without restarting, I have long since used up my quota of 10 (by hesitating too long with the finger on the command key) before I really want to see the full list of shortcuts.If KeyCue had a more conventional 15-to-30-day trial, I might have been sold by now. As is, I've not really been able to do more than play with it. I need to use it for real before deducting $15 from my software budget.
I think I increase the delay time and see if I can actually use KeyCue to respond to a real-world need, e.g., checking current shortcuts before adding a new one with Unsanity's Menu Master (a fabulous $10 addition to OS X menus).
Sunday, October 08 2006 @ 11:27 AM PDT
Trial could be improved - Stewie1
I'm not sure if it's necessary to have the menu come up instantaneously. For the shorcuts that you learn, you probably don't want the menu all the time. But I agree the trial is a little ridiculous, it shows all shortcuts for the first 10 uses, then shows "????" for most of them. I used it up in a few minutes of testing. I should still be able to decide if I want to buy it -- I'm leaning towards buying right now -- but I don't see why the trial shouldn't be easier.Reply to This
Thursday, August 31 2006 @ 08:27 PM PDT