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Easier access to keyboard shortcuts

Previous versions of OS X let you create your own keyboard shortcuts, but managing them all was a bit of a mess. In Snow Leopard, the Keyboard pane in System Preferences offers an easier-to-navigate Keyoard Shortcuts screen. Categories of keyboard shortcuts—Dashboard & Dock, Screen Shots, Universal Access, and so on—are displayed on the left; select a category and related shortcuts are displayed on the right. This new design is much easier to navigate than Leopard’s “everything in one long list with lots of disclosure trianges” approach. Another improvement is the ability to customize keyboard shortcuts for individual services, as well as to temporarily disable individual shortcuts and services.