You can bind a shortcut to put an edit'whatever' modifier, or turnto'whatever'. Here's a couple I still use a lot. [ and ] Open and Close Group Ctrl [ and ] Group and Ungroup Ctrl F3 to toggle flatshade in viewport Alt M - Mirror Modifier Alt N - Noise Modifier Alt B - Bend Modifier I should also set some up for Bridge,…
I've never noticed the quadmenu to be slow personally, but then I don't use maya so maybe I'm not used to the blazing speed of the hotbox thing. :) To change quads, go to customize user interface, and look in the quads tab. You can set your own keys from the keyboard tab, and also dump out the current key list as a text…