@inproceedings{38d62273c8db4c059b749d989b520d23,
title = "Designing keybindings to be easy to learn and resistant to forgetting even when the set of commands is large",
abstract = "We formulated a set of rules for producing key-commands that are alternatives for activating commands with a mouse from a menu. Because software is getting increasingly complex, it was important that the rules cover a wide variety of commands. The rules combined verb-modifier-object order and mnemonic abbreviations for the words in each slot. Our keybindings were shown not only to cover a wide set, but to be far easier to learn than EMACs (a common keybinding set) and a more robust form with respect to negative interference from prior and post-learning of another set.",
keywords = "Command language design, EMACs, Keybindings, Transfer of training",
author = "Neff Walker and Olson, {Judith Reitman}",
year = "1988",
month = may,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1145/57167.57201",
language = "English (US)",
series = "Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings",
publisher = "Association for Computing Machinery",
pages = "201--206",
editor = "J.J. O'Hare",
booktitle = "Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI 1988",
note = "1988 SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI 1988 ; Conference date: 15-05-1988 Through 19-05-1988",
}