Or my superior workflow is Alt-u or hold U, which is a single shortcut/keystroke, so you lose there as well
The other issue with your attempt at solving undo without undo is that the deletion doesn't become part of redo, also a single word with a typo could be in the middle of a paragraph where you navigated with a trackpad, while ^W would delete near the current cursor position
You don't need magic to fix the ubersimplicity of current defaults, just a bit of openness
