I know it's an old thread, but maybe someone will have use of this anyway. Recently stumpled upon IE7Pro which is a feature filled freeware addon for IE7 and probably IE8 etc, when it comes out of beta version. Website: http://www.ie7pro.com/
Thanks - very useful as my left hand is usually located in that area instead of near the delete button It's funny though, that the shortcuts for cut/copy/paste didn't make me realise CTRL+D could be used to deleting
With this application you can customize any kind of action and launch it with WINDOWS+KEY_OF_YOUR_CHOICE. It's pretty cool! http://www.autohotkey.com/ Remember to go through the Quick-start Tutorial.