Well, once we're off topic - what the hell
Doug, I unhesitatingly agree as to the usefulness and importance of using and memorizing key commands. But I have to disagree that all users are hungry for key commands to speed up workflow. Okay, I haven't worked with hundreds of Logic users; but certainly dozens. And for the most part I agree with you.
But there are a subset of Logic users who are not _really_ into the technology the same way most of us around here are. They are "just" musicians looking to get their ideas down in Logic. And they just don't think in terms of key commands. It confuses them rather than helps them. They don't want to clutter their minds up with this additional information, when just grasping a useable (for them) work flow of the tasks they need with mouse commands is challenge enough. In these (admittedly rare) cases I have found that showing them the key commands for the tasks they are doing usually just sails right over their head. It's information overload. They're thinking about the music.
These are the users that struggle the most with Logic. These are the same users that have trouble understanding signal flow and basic routing with their audio hardware. They find a workflow - that is of course an extremely limited subset of what is possible - and stick to it. And then call "us" when something changes, or doesn't work, or they need to do some new task they haven't committed to their routine workflow.
If only we could convince them of the usefulness of key commands. But it's like trying to explain to a middle school student how much cooler calculus is then long division is to work out the problems they have been assigned.
And zerobeat - I hear you about the exam questions. I'm actually just finishing up David's book myself in preparation of taking the certification exam. I agree that examining the users ability to search the key commands to find something is way more conceptually important than examining them on what a specific key command for a specific action is. But I do see the usefulness in terms of re-enforcing a uniform approach to teaching the program. Not that Logic was ever really about that. But it "sort of, kind of" now does seem to be. And truthfully, it's not a completely bad thing. Especially for those users who struggle with the basics!