It seems a bit odd to change an established behaviour to the worse and
then point to additional software to cure it.

To close Firefox with only one tab open I now have the following
options:

CTRL-W
CTRL-Shift-W
CTRL-Q
ALT-F4
ALT-F-Q
ALT-F-C
ALT-F-d
use mouse to click on the window bar close button
use mouse to click on the window bar Firefox icon and then choose close
use mouse to click on the window bar Firefox icon and then enter C
use mouse to click on File -> Quit
use mouse to click on File -> Close Tab
use mouse to click on File -> Close Window
use mouse to click on File, then enter Q
use mouse to click on File, then enter C
use mouse to click on File, then enter d

I may have missed some more, but these are 16 ways to achieve one
outcome, yet  there is not a single way - neither per keyboard nor per
mouse - to close just the last tab, but leave the window open.

Instead I must use a new piece of software, Tab mix plus, to restore old
behaviour, whereby this add-on shows that it only takes a single check
box to do the job.

Sorry, but this reminds me of the joke about that "other" operating
system, where errors are simply being redeclared as features. I am
curious to hear straight from the firefox usability lab what great
benefit made them change the old behaviour!

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[ubuntu karmic] firefox incorrectly closes on CTRL-W
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