Caps Lock key demoted
Corinna Proctor / Creativity / UsabilityAfter years of suffering through accidental CAPITALIZATIONS and wondering why keyboard manufacturers give such prominence and high priority to the Caps Lock key, I decided to simply remove it. And wha-la, my life is all the better for it. The key functions remain in tact, as anyone who has accidentally popped a key will tell you, but now, the rubberized button takes up only about 3 mm of space in my life as opposed to about 2 cm. Granted it isn’t very attractive, but it is highly functional, as the risk accidentally tapping the bubble is significantly less than tapping the entire key. Customization rocks.
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Domas
I would suggest to turn it off in software rather than hardware.
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Pat
Great idea, turning it off in software….. So every PC ought to just have a system setting that says ‘Activate Caps Lock Key – Off or On’ – because no typical consumer is gonna know how to do it in software themself……
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