This is like complaining that he keeps getting a spoonful of Cheerios up his nose every morning because his nostrils are too close to his mouth.
Happens all the time! I'm getting my nose moved though.
⌘Q is too damn close to ⌘W
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Re: ⌘Q is too damn close to ⌘W
#12no keymap is without its annoyances. in DVORAK, ⌘w is right next to ⌘v (paste). i close windows all the time :(
On the other hand, in Dvorak, Q is directly above the left ⌘ key (where X usually is), and W is directly above the right ⌘ key (where , usually is). I'm always reminded of this serendipitous symmetry whenever people complain about ⌘Q and ⌘W being adjacent on QWERTY.
Re: ⌘Q is too damn close to ⌘W
#13Do people really not know that Chrome has an option to reopen itself with the tabs you had open last? Preferences > Basics > On Startup > Reopen the pages that were open last.
Well yes, but if you have 20+ tabs open in a couple of windows, it's disruptive and time consuming to close and reopen all of them.
Re: ⌘Q is too damn close to ⌘W
#14Do people really not know that Chrome has an option to reopen itself with the tabs you had open last? Preferences > Basics > On Startup > Reopen the pages that were open last.
I think the Ctrl+Shift+T shortcut to reopen closed tabs works across sessions too.
Re: ⌘Q is too damn close to ⌘W
#15In vi, I use control+w to shift between the sections of a split window. You can imagine the hilarity that used to ensue. But, it's not an issue anymore. I haven't made that mistake in well over a year.
Similarly, in emacs I use ctrl+n to go down. On FF, this will open 5-20 windows, depending on how long I wait. (I have a very fast repeat.) Pentadacty with emacs bindings has helped with, but occasionally I will hit the key to pass all keys to FF, and once again end up with ~20 windows to close.
Re: ⌘Q is too damn close to ⌘W
#16no keymap is without its annoyances. in DVORAK, ⌘w is right next to ⌘v (paste). i close windows all the time :(
On the other hand, in Dvorak, Q is directly above the left ⌘ key (where X usually is), and W is directly above the right ⌘ key (where , usually is). I'm always reminded of this serendipitous symmetry whenever people complain about ⌘Q and ⌘W being adjacent on QWERTY.
absolutely. this is a wonderful thing...i may close a lot of windows, but i don't usually quit the entire program unless i mean to.
Re: ⌘Q is too damn close to ⌘W
#17That's why for applications that I do not want to quit easily I set "Application (keyboard) Shortcuts" [ OS X ] to require something less commonly used (like cntl-opt-cmd-Q) for quitting. [ OS X System Preferences -> Keyboard ]
Re: ⌘Q is too damn close to ⌘W
#18"The Opposite of Fitts' Law - The Ejector Seat Analogy"
http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2010/03/the-opposite-of-fit...
Re: ⌘Q is too damn close to ⌘W
#19This is like complaining that he keeps getting a spoonful of Cheerios up his nose every morning because his nostrils are too close to his mouth.
...and then posting a nice hack to relocate the nostrils to the top of the head during Cheerios-eating time and sidestep the spoon-nostril problem entirely. So it's not so bad.
Re: ⌘Q is too damn close to ⌘W
#20C-x C-c is too close to C-x C-b.