Preferences

One of the things that separate world-class application packages from the rest is how well they conform to the preferences of the user. Software is infinitely malleable, and having it obey your favorite commands rather than what the designers thought might be best makes it much more comfortable to use.

Applixware Office follows a tried-and-true formula for letting users change the behavior of the Applixware programs. Every action the program takes and all the GUI elements represent macros. The Preferences utility allows any macro to be assigned to any menu entry, or to any icon or text in the tool bar, or to any unused keystroke. This means that if the user prefers some action to issue a command, Applixware office tools can probably be configured so that the users preferred action issues that command. The world would be a better place if all applications had this capability.