I'd like to add one reason why JRiver shouldn't do this: in the post about build 17.0.83 they stated themselves: "Ctrl+W / Ctrl+Q no longer do anything in the search box (since Ctrl+Q is a standard shortcut for closing a tab / program)."
So: stick to the Windows standard consistantly.
You misunderstand - Ctrl-Q is still used for
Quick Search. Try it. The search dialog opens at the bottom, or middle.
It should be made clear - there is NO Windows standard for these controls. Windows 7 itself is wildly inconsistent. Search can be at the bottom-left (Start menu > Search), middle-top (Help and Support), upper-right (Explorer), upper-left (IE), floating upper-mid-right (WMP), modal dialogs (Notepad, Wordpad), . And it can be all over the place in other standard, common Windows programs (Firefox - bottom-left, Thunderbird - there are three different searches, in different locations upper-right, upper-mid-right, lower left).
Windows is a hodge-podge of UI elements ranging over 20 years, so using it as the basis for a topic on consistency is troublesome.
What matters is how *useful* the UI model is for a given task. MC users appreciate this, as many of the excellent UI controls are MC unique and entirely nonstandard.
I won't argue against how people vote, but don't have an issue challenging ad-hoc or invalid rationale.