Alt-F4 is the canonical shortcut for closing a window
F2 is the canonical key for renaming
F5 is refresh
F11 is fullscreen
F1 is for help but admittedly I don't use that a lot
I can't think of a very frequent, standard use for the other keys. So I can't really disagree with having so many F keys being kinda unnecessary. But I'm happy to have them and they never bothered me.
depends on artillery.. i mean canon:
F5 is for save game
F9 is load :)
F12 is Save As. Yes I have to use MS Office at work.