Actually, yes. After a more exhaustive search, using other search terms, I was able to come up with RedQuits v2.0 by Carsten Mielke. This tiny app, compatible with Lion & Mountain Lion, closes the application when the last window is closed with the red "x" button. Haven't tested it extensively yet, but it certainly looks promising.
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"X" does not close applications?
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Actually, yes. After a more exhaustive search, using other search terms, I was able to come up with RedQuits v2.0 by Carsten Mielke. This tiny app, compatible with Lion & Mountain Lion, closes the application when the last window is closed with the red "x" button. Haven't tested it extensively yet, but it certainly looks promising.
Command-Q is still faster than moving the mouse.
And, forget all what you "learned" in Windows, this is OS X.
You should set Windows aside and learn a bit more about keyboard shortcuts, it will make things much faster.
OS X keyboard shortcuts
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Command-Q is still faster than moving the mouse.
And, forget all what you "learned" in Windows, this is OS X.
You should set Windows aside and learn a bit more about keyboard shortcuts, it will make things much faster.
OS X keyboard shortcuts
No, it's not if you're already using the mouse, such as closing windows and similar. You then have to reach for the keyboard.
And I learned on the Mac* - System 3 (Mac Plus) through OS 8.x (Quadra & Powerbook G3). With the very earliest versions of the Mac system software, there weren't even multiple windows or apps to close. At that time, Apple promoted the mouse as a major innovation.
The keyboard shortcuts you refer to (Cmd-Q, etc) date back to before the mouse and GUI. Thus, you need to get out of the past (text-based commands) and learn how to use a mouse properly.
Just kidding, of course. Use what you want, but you may not want to so quickly judge others as Mac illiterate just because they do things differently.*Actually, I first learned about computers on an Apple II, followed by the Mac and then the PC.
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