Fred, thanks for your helpful tips -- indeed, part of the comments are about issues some people weren't able to solve, although they are solvable. But you're missing the point that this is only part of the topic. The other part is issues that no one should have to solve because the alternative configuration is so much better that it should be default. Also, criticising people for whining in a thread that is all about whining is just foolish, mkay?

Nicole, you can switch between windows in an application; just look up the hotkey for your keyboard layout. (Should be command plus the key to the right of your left shift key.) I actually like having that as two separate functions instead of having one hotkey that does it all. What I don't like, though, is that while the app switching is now finally in last-used order, Windows-style, the window switching is still in a never-changing cycle. Some consistency would be good here.

burton, it is never sane to have reboot mapped to a single keystroke. That's something you should have to confirm, which means interaction with an on-screen dialog. You shouldn't have to do this so often that having to use the mouse would be annoying ... you're closing down some apps and making some choices in the process anyway. I'm sure it can all be done with the keyboard, if desired. Also, you can always just press the on/off switch, tab over from the "shut down" button to the "reboot" button, and hit enter -- how much more obvious could it be?