Should you use keyboard shortcuts?

Keyboard shortcuts, keyboard navigation, launchers driven by the keyboard.

Axis: learn and use shortcuts everywhere ... the mouse is good enough

Answers by date: 9 records in 6 sources, newest first; the answers above are the current ones. The advice was refined (2020), never reversed, in these records.

date	who	answer	source
2020-11-20	Ali	Ali rarely uses the MacBook Pro's Touch Bar, occasionally to pick an emoji, but often finds the Control-Command emoji search a little quicker with keyboard navigation.	My New Daily Driver - M1 Macbook Pro (2020) Review 00:09:10
2020-08-18	Ali	Whenever Ali finds himself using the mouse in an app, he googles its keyboard shortcuts; switching to a keyboard-first mentality around 2012 or 2013 helped improve his typing speed.	How I Type REALLY Fast (156 Words per Minute) 00:09:26
2020-08-18	Ali	To fix a typo Ali uses Option and Backspace on a Mac, or Control and Backspace on Windows, to delete a whole word instead of pressing Backspace repeatedly.	How I Type REALLY Fast (156 Words per Minute) 00:03:38
2020-05-05	Ali	Ali does not waste time moving the mouse and clicking, which he calls a total waste of time: he uses Alfred to find files, open apps and search Google.	My Favourite Mac Apps · What's on my MacBook Pro? 00:00:58
2020-04-29	Ali	Ali recently started using Things 3 for his to-dos; whenever he is tempted to use the mouse he looks up the keyboard shortcut and commits it to memory.	Productivity, Books and Careers Advice - Ali Abdaal x Noah Kagan // Deep Dive 01:25:00
2020-04-29	Noah Kagan	Noah recommends learning the Gmail keyboard shortcuts, listed by pressing shift and question mark, to save hours of your life.	Productivity, Books and Careers Advice - Ali Abdaal x Noah Kagan // Deep Dive 01:24:31
2020-04-29	Ali	Ali's productivity rests on optimising every interaction with a computer: a fast typing speed, keyboard shortcuts and tools like Alfred.	Productivity, Books and Careers Advice - Ali Abdaal x Noah Kagan // Deep Dive 01:11:40
2020-04-17	Ali	Ali's biggest micro-efficiency is avoiding the mouse and navigating with keyboard shortcuts; on a Mac the app Alfred makes it easy, there are Windows alternatives, and the seconds saved add up to hours.	Answering your Questions 00:09:20