The lack of need for Caps-Lock (was laptop keyboard replacement)

Tilly, Lawrence Lawrence.Tilly at LibertyMutual.com
Thu Jul 31 14:50:50 EDT 2003


I think the reason many techies hate the capslock key can be summed up in three letters:  A  O  L
I never had anything against in until the cyclic floods of new AOL users showed up (for example, every
December when another wave of people got their first computer).  It only takes a few messages TYPED IN
REALLY OBNOXIOUS CAPS MODE to cause hatred to be directed as much at the innocent key as the service and
newbie themselves.

<.02>
-Lawrence

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From: Derek Martin [mailto:gnhlug at sophic.org] 
Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2003 2:33 PM
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Subject: Re: The lack of need for Caps-Lock (was laptop keyboard replacement)


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On Thu, Jul 31, 2003 at 11:46:12AM -0400, Kevin D. Clark wrote:
> If you want to use your caps lock key, use it.  Myself and other 
> people think that it is a useless key.

True enough.  But I'm surprised by how much some techies seem to view that key with disdain or even unadulterated hate...



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