What i do, i take a couple of hotbar that i dont always keep on the screen and i load all tradeskill ability that i uses. Always put the 3 of each kind together in same order for easy tradeskilling.
Myself they are in order (power, success %, durability) Because durability is the one i use less often, later on, youll use 6 skill per trade
1= Power for progress
2= Durability for progress
3= Success % for progress
4= Power for durability
5= Progress for durability
6= Success rate for durability.
Thats at level 10, from there on i uses 3 skill per round when i am not feeling too lazy. The #4 cost much more power than the #1, something like 17 instead of 9. It really cuts on the number of consecutive combines you can make, so i rarely uses it. Normally i go -- 1, 5,6 for the couple first round ( unless there is an event then i go 1,2,3 since is a 97% chance of success it really accelerate the progress ).
Good thing to note, lets say you start with a couple successful 1,5,6 your green bar will be full. But dont worry its not lost, it keeps adding you can go over the max durabilty. after that you can sacrifice more durability to finish the item quickly and be fairly sure you wont miss it.