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@Fjordaan: The worst part is, the Ctrl-X/C/V set was apparently chosen because those letters were 'conveniently' placed close together.
And an example from the world of the command line: The crontab command can take three options, two of which use letters placed right next to each other on the keyboard: -e says: please edit my crontab file, while -r says please ... delete my crontab file. Of course there is no undo.
The third option is -l for list. What a relief you're never going to type that one by accident.
The Opposite of Fitts' Law
If you've ever wrangled a user interface, you've probably heard of Fitts' Law. It's pretty simple -- the larger an item is, and the closer it is to your cursor, the easier it is to click on. Kevin Hale put together a great visual summary of Fitts' Law, so rather than over-explain it, I'll refer...
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