Why You Should Not Swap {Caps Lock, Control} Keys: http://ergoemacs.org/emacs/swap_CapsLock_Ctrl.html.
On a typical PC keyboard of today, the Caps Lock is pressed by the weakest finger pinky. The Ctrl key can be easily pressed with palm.
That is completely horrendous advice. I don't know what kind of keyboard the author's been using, but I haven't used a board yet (and I've used quite a lot) where it's "easy" to hit the Control key with the palm. Trying makes my hand curl in a very awkward and uncomfortable way. Even though the pinky might be weak, using it to hit Control (in the CapsLock position), is very relaxed and requires virtually no movement of the left wrist.
It makes the left pinky do 2 pinky's work. (try to pick out your right ⇧ Shift key and type for a week and see how you feel)
Derp? This doesn't even make sense. The right pinky already has the ; / p \ RShift Enter and possibly BackSpace keys to deal with. The left pinky would have Control LShift a q and z to deal with. That's 7 to 5, meaning your right pinky
still has more work to do than your left.
It forces the left hand to strain into spider legs. Or, it forces your right hand to fly about wildly if the letter key is near the middle of the
keyboard (example: 【Caps Lock+t】, 【Caps Lock+g】, 【Caps Lock+b】).
Okay, this confirms that the author has hands half the size of any normal adult human. This is insane. Yes, I have long fingers, but I can hit all of those combinations with absolutely PLENTY of reach to spare. A person with a smaller hand should have no problem hitting those combinations.
It renders many 【Ctrl+‹key›】 spots not usable, because now with only one pinky many otherwise good 【Ctrl+‹key›】 spots are hard to use.
BS. One handed Control combinations are easy to hit (see above), and the two handed ones are easier because your hand doesn't have to move around.
The left hand now constantly shift from home position.
Ok, now I just think this person is trolling. You can easily move your pinky one key to the left without moving your left hand from the home position.
This is the most ridiculous thing I've ever read.
Yeah, I probably went over board, but this just got to me for some reason