(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. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/230102 Title: No warning when closing multiple tabs To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/230102/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
