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Swap Control and Caps Lock on the 2005 Powerbooks
Authored by: driftwolf on Aug 23, '05 03:54:15PM

A step forward would have been to remove the little used
caps lock key from where they've got it and swap it with
much-used control key. Putting the swap in the control
is a software workaround for poorly designed hardware.

I've talked to many people (dozens? maybe hundreds?)
who use keyboards for everything from programming to
secretarial work to multi-language translations,
and EVERYONE thinks that putting the caps-lock key in
the most accessible location while putting the control
key down and away is the most stupid thing they've
seen. All in the name of making left and right sides of
the keyboard "look nice and balanced". What a stupid
reason. Nobody I've talked to uses the caps lock key
that often, why the hell put it where it can be easily used?

Sigh. Oh well, at least Tiger gives us a slightly
workable alternative. Now to get a sharpie and
re-label my keyboard...

cheers,
Marc



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