The shortcuts are kind of a big deal though. Im writing transient modes for everything I can. Its the perfect UI for git but also other productivity tasks. For example I wrapped our issue tracker (youtrack) in a transient mode and it has made it so much more enjoyable to use.
Yeah, Transient is very nice. Watch my vid for some good ideas https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44025635 (unrelated to Magit)