Yes, I see that the keyboard shortcut allows me to add an edit with the mouse. The reason I keep calling that counter intuitive is that to me the purpose of a keyboard shortcut is precisely so I don't have to use the mouse.
As for the fact I can customize the program and that I'm bound to be more comfortable should I use it more over a longer period of time, I'm certain that's true. I was commenting on a feeling I get about it's design based on my first impressions -- and agreeing with the original poster who had similar feelings and seemed to get attacked here for having them. What shooternz fails to understand is that my impressions as well as those of the first poster are those of experienced editors who have put other editing programs through the wringer. That gives us perhaps more credibility than those of, say, your average freshly minted film school graduate. Shooternz seems to be on some mission to protect Premiere and does that by attacking other people's credibility or competance. I want to reassure him that my intention in coming on an Adobe forum is both to find out how the software is meant to work as well as to alert others to issues that perhaps could be addressed better by the program's designers. There are a few other functions Premier lacks which for the work I usually do -- dramatic narrative editing -- are more important to me than whether or not a silly shortcut key is useful. If I were using Premier for that sort of project, I'd be visiting this forum more often. Still my intentions would be constructive. I have no malice toward Premier. I own no stock in any other software company.