Caps Lock Key Has No Place on a Modern Keyboard

Re:Caps Lock Key Has No Place on a Modern Keyboard by protomyth on Friday March 29, 2013 @11:46PM (#5464281)

For normal people that I observe, caps lock is used a lot. I get asked quite a lot where the "caps lock" is on the iPad on screen keyboard[1].

I could agree with the post if it was qualified for modern developers (RPGers would disagree).

1) push left and right shift at the same time

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Re:Caps Lock Key Has No Place on a Modern Keyboard by tempestn on Friday March 29, 2013 @11:53PM (#5464298)

To enable caps lock on the iPhone (which only has one shift), use the 'Enable caps lock' option in Settings/General/Keyboard. Then you can double-tap shift to turn on caps lock.

I basically never use CL on a regular PC, since it's easier to just hold shift while you type the word most of the time. On an iPhone though, it's actually pretty useful at times.

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Re:Caps Lock Key Has No Place on a Modern Keyboard by kingkawn on Friday March 29, 2013 @11:52PM (#5464295)

caps lock on iphone keyboard comes with double clicking the shift arrow. It should turn blue.

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Re:Caps Lock Key Has No Place on a Modern Keyboard by TreyS on Saturday March 30, 2013 @12:02AM (#5464327)

I've mapped caps lock to control on my keyboard but I like to use caps lock when I'm typing on a phone. For acronyms and such it is useful and the inability to hold shift on an iphone makes caps lock a better option. However, on a keyboard when it is trivial to hold shift, it is useless.

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Re:Caps Lock Key Has No Place on a Modern Keyboard by protomyth on Saturday March 30, 2013 @12:06AM (#5464341)

> on a keyboard when it is trivial to hold shift, it is useless.

I take it you are a touch typist and/or don't suffer from any motor skill problems?

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