I second this. Why was this change done? I guess there must
be a technical reason for doing this.

-- 
Sven Axelsson

2008/11/28 minimal design <textmate@minimaldesign.net>
The new way of selecting snippets with "command + #" (when for
instance there's more than one assigned to a tab trigger) forcing you
to use "command" key instead of just number is really annoying... to me.

Is it possible to cancel this new behavior somehow?

And if not, what's the reason behind the change? I might be better
able to get used to it if I can understand the benefits. ;)