Totally true! I never noticed down arrow worked as well. It does kinda makes the "option + command + o" useless. Of course when typing the app name both hands are at the letter keys, so to bring the right hand all the way down to the arrows is more difficult for me, which is different for the option and command keys since they are bigger and closer to the letters and can be pressed with the thumb and ring finger; but the down arrow key is smaller and I can only sucessfully hit it with either the index or middle finger.

I tried the spotlight method for a while, but stopped using it cuz it tends to get slow when lots of apps are running. Plus, I don't always get the app as the Top Hit. Sometimes I'd have to type the whole thing (since spotlight searches all the files), where as with the "o" method you're only looking for files in the app folder.

hmmmm... still wondering why on earth we can't cut > paste. Now that's screwed up.