Jessey - You can change the "short cut keys" in the config menu - look under "Config/System hotkeys" and you can allocate any key to any function quite easily.
Although it might not be the done thing, you need a system you are comfortable with, and you need to look at your table, and your fingers automatically go to the keys you feel comfortable with to produce the moovement you want.
That may sound gibberish, - but -
What I mean is convention says you should allocate the keys the way the "cutting head" moves - but if you feel better allocating them the way the table moves, then do so.
I have a combined lathe and miller - so to avoid confusion, I have one system of hotkeys, whether I am turning or milling - so my brain does not have to remember what "mode" I am in.