This one's pretty simple: I LOVE the "locking" caps lock switches found on older Apple keybaords and the like. IIRC cherry still makes a locking MX switch too.
Why have they gone out of style?
It just seems more intuitive for a toggle switch to lock into place, right?
example of locking ALPS switch on M0116 keyboard:
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