Ubuntu
firefox-3.0 package

  1. Bug #230102
  2. Comment #210

Comment 210 for bug 230102

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In , sds (sds-gnu) wrote :

(In reply to shifuimam from comment #202)
> The default keyboard shortcut for quitting any application in OS X is Cmd+Q.
> The default keyboard shortcut in Firefox and other browsers to close a
> single tab is Cmd+W. The Q and W keys are directly next to each other on a
> standard QWERTY keyboard. Consequently, it is very easy to "fat-finger" the
> shortcut to close a tab and end up quitting the browser instead.

To be fair, this is a problem for _all_ mac os apps.
Cmd+W closes windows/tabs in all apps, and none of them asks for a confirmation on Cmd+Q.
However, in all other apps accidental quitting is not a big deal.

> Your arguments as to why this isn't viable have, so far, been completely
> subjective and provide no technological reason ...

Hear!

This discussion reminds me of the stubborn refusal of google contacts to support the iso 8601 date format (YYYY-MM-DD). Sad.