![]() It took me a long time to learn it, mostly because I was intimidated by it"s capabilities. "But back then I didn't really know what it was" It's like that line from Will Smith's Summertime. Your post takes me back KM 5 or 6 years ago when I first bought KM. Welcome to one of the best-kept secrets on the Internet. KM has turned into more of a programmable employee than a utility app. Fast Forward a few years, and now I'm using KM to do complex things that really move the needle for my daily work. I started by duplicating all the QK macros I depended on, and I learned a lot in the process. When I moved from QK to KM, I found it overwhelming at first, too. Many of us here find it to be a rewarding time investment. If you want the power of KM, I recommend using the ample help system, starting small and sticking with it. They learned the new interface metaphors, and learned new habits. I have not learned how to operate it, therefore it is poorly designed and ugly.Īfter a while these very same people gained facility and ease of use.This does not work like my old technology.Your posts remind me of folks responding negatively to using the iPhone for the first time, before there were other competing smart phones. IMHO, KM in this forum is the opposite of a religion: nothing is taken on faith, logic and critical thinking are encouraged, and only practical solutions are valued. So nothing is going to change about it, I guess. I also have the feeling that this software is treated like a substitute religion in this forum. The app is in continuous use with me now, mostly with that core set, and if I use a computer without it it feels clumsy. I have to say that I have a core set of macros, though it is growing recently, of about 10, surprisingly small number, that I would consider the app more than pays its way with. I had no idea some people like had so many! I always apply your caveats but I do recommend it to folk if they only have a few expansions. I do use a lot of expansions, I understand your cautionary remarks on that and I know that takes up more juice than a dedicated app would, but I don't have huge numbers of macros or expansion and I find it works well. I know some of it is just 'muscle memory' but that matters if you have, as I do, a few, very specific, safari set ups. "Easier"? well in some sense no, but from my point of view, yes. Better than the 'open all' native option which involves fiddly mousing. I also keep several shortcuts thru Keyboard Maestro that open sets of Safari tabs and windows. I had a lot of trouble with 'menu items' macros initially, for the usual rookie reasons, accurate text entry basically and that is part of the learning curve. Really pleased with it and hadn't occurred to me before that it would be helpful. I just made a palette to select some Ulysses menu items I use all the time for example and which don't have native shortcuts. Yes, 'easy' is a movable feast too and very relative.
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