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Is Caps Lock Dead?

Posted by timothy on from the remapping-is-the-answer dept.

An anonymous reader asks "Recently I have noticed that I haven't used caps lock other for any purpose other than hitting it by accident. Once upon a time, COBOL was written in all caps, and other languages like BASIC and Fortran were not case sensitive. Capitals were the way to go for writing code. Does the caps lock key serve any purpose any more, and if not, should it be removed, moved, or replaced?"

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  1. I USE IT by pizza_milkshake · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    CAPS LOCK IS GREAT FOR YELLING!!!1 OTHERWISE I'D HAVE TO TYPE WITH ONE HAND ON THE SHIFT KEY. LOLZ!?!!11111ONEONE

    but seriously, i just wrote this line to get past the lameness filter.

  2. Re:Still use it sometimes.. by UniverseIsADoughnut · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Eh, it's also very useful to people who type a lot, you often find times when you need to put things in all caps, it's still plenty useful.

    Now there is plenty of keys i never use. like the ALT key, aside from CTRL ALT DEL back in the win98 days I have never used it. I don't need 2 ctrl keys, i never used Home PGUP PgDn End Ins Pause/Break, Scroll Lock. Actualy I hate the Page keys on my coolermaster keyboard since they put them on the edge of the main keypad so i hit them all the time when going for the enter key.

    There is lots of near dead keys on keyboards now. Unless you are a CLI person, or all about Keyboard short cuts. but most people have moved to GUIs and use their mouse. So keys just sit doing nothing. Even F keys have some use, but they are rarely used.

  3. Re:scraping the bottom of the barrel! by spazoid12 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Mod parent up before CmdrTaco dupes this sorry crappy story. (you know he will)

  4. Re:EASY IQ DETECTION by ameoba · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    i THOUGHT IT WAS "mORMANS".

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