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Down With tHE CAPS LOCK KEy
Jul 7, 2009, 07 :34 UTC (3 Talkback[s]) (3736 reads)

(Other stories by Gene Weingarten)

"The QWERTY keyboard, laid out during the early days of the typewriter, when it was necessary to keep frequently used letters at a distance from each other so the keys didn't "stick," but which now is primarily a facilitator of common typos like "teh," "aobut" and "mabye."

"Software that automatically corrects common typos, forcing you to type and retype "teh," "aobut" and "mabye" until the computer is satisfied this was your intent.

"Software that doesn't let you stop numbering items in a list, even after the list is finished."

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There are some organizations which routi ...   CAPS LOCK   
mouse
Jul 7, 2009, 12:11:18
 
I agree that the caps lock key is utterl ...   Remap it to something useful.   
Uli
Jul 7, 2009, 14:48:21
 
The QWERTY keyboard, laid out during the ...   Some of these already fixed   
Grishnakh
Jul 7, 2009, 21:04:51
 
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