Keyboard Shortcuts Worth Actually Memorizing
Most people use a tiny fraction of available keyboard shortcuts. Here's which ones actually pay off to learn.
Most computer users rely on a mouse or trackpad for actions that a keyboard shortcut would complete noticeably faster, largely because learning shortcuts requires a small upfront investment most people never get around to making.
The shortcuts with the best return on effort
Switching quickly between open applications, undoing and redoing an action, and jumping directly to a browser's address bar are used constantly throughout a typical day, making them the highest-value shortcuts to actually memorize first.
Why learning a handful properly beats trying to learn many
Attempting to memorize dozens of shortcuts at once rarely sticks; picking just three or four of the most frequently useful ones and deliberately using them until they become automatic builds a habit that then makes learning additional shortcuts progressively easier.