Even the minimalist HHKB has an option to turn it on.
1) No Caps Lock at all:
- People without patience or being too skeptical may stop exploring on Colemak only because of this if they did not come across all the Colemak pros yet.
+ Weakens the usage of upper case.
is there an anti-capslock movement? There should be. That useless key takes up some really prime real estate on the keyboard.
naturally I swapped it with control. But even then the two-level key (how bizarre!) sucks (have to reach further over with the pinky because of the dumb two-levels) so I covered the key with some crayola putty to make it single level.
D*mn, you're a little hostile to the Caps Lock key. :) I find it very useful myself.
I also swap the escape and tilde key too.
thats actually a great idea.
Well colemak hasn't even bothered to offer an official UK layout or provide information on how their new layout actually installs so i wouldn't put too much weight on their decisions - it seems still experimental at the moment.
I use Caps Lock quite often. I write a lot of SQL, and out of tradition, habit, etc., I write SQL in mainly all caps. When typing normally, I don't find that it gets in the way, or that it would even be better served by being another function. UNIX folks might disagree, and other keyboards (Topres, specifically) give you ways to remap the key, but overall I don't mind it.
You people with your antique keyboards and layout ***** fights... :popcorn:
I hardly use caps lock, tending to just hold down shift. I rarely press it by mistake either though.
Again, I love "Portable Keyboard Layout" for its Colemak layout
Thank the typewriter for your caps lock ills. On manual typewriters it actually lifts the carriage so you are typing the top characters on the type arms.
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Thank the typewriter for your caps lock ills. On manual typewriters it actually lifts the carriage so you are typing the top characters on the type arms.
Also - notice the distinctive look of the key:Show Image(http://geekhack.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=2526&stc=1&d=1243479912)
The IBM engineers could have changed this with the first computer keyboards but didn't.
I made a UK version of Colemak for Windows here (http://danieljacobs.googlepages.com/Colemak-UK.zip). A UK version is included with new versions of X11 (the new Ubuntu 9.04 has it).
As for “how” Colemak installs, it's the same as any other Windows keyboard layout would install — it just gets added the keyboard layouts in Windows, and then you can select it from Regional and Language options (no, not Keyboard Settings).
The problem with this is hitting capital letters like A, Z, and Q. Because your left pinky is on the shift, you have to use your ring finger, and this throws you off home row completely. It's very uncomfortable.
I note Commodore's small computers (at least the VIC 20 and 64) used a physical shift-lock key. It would actually lock down.
I'd sort of like to see some PC keyboards like that, the physically locking key.
This doesn't seem to be too much of a problem to me. You're in North America aren't you? I wonder if this is down to the odd left shift key on the ANSI layout, have you ever gotton used to an ISO layout keyboard and did that suffer as much from this problem?
I mostly use it for going back in the browser, or forward with Shift-Backspace.
CTL-SHF-T is my favorite.
Also, if you want ALL the gory details of the various evolution of the PC keyboard layouts see this (http://www.quadibloc.com/comp/kyb03.htm).
Just don't take it to the extreme.those stickers are the cutest things ever <3Show Image(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3134/2572492749_b6c2300127.jpg?v=0)
The video editing boards (http://www.editorskeyboard.com/en/final_cut.html) always looked interesting to me.
I hate Caps lock...I'd rather just not have a key there...because...what do you use it for?
I use the Caps Lock key for just about any acronym with more than two capital letters. There are countless acronyms in today's computer age... It's also extremely useful for programming constants. Any true touch typist should not be forced to alternate between both shifts for acronyms that require both hands.
i hate comic sans it's the worst font ever!!!
I long ago learned shift-insert for paste, and find it very frustrating to change.
I have it mapped to Fn-Tab like the HHKB - works great and easy to remember (Ctrl-tab on a normal keyboard using my AutoHotkey script). You're not going to hit that accidentally.
or that bent line doohickey that lives over the '6' on a terminal keyboard?).
You mean ¬ (Logical 'Not' operation)? It's still here on ISO keyboards (Shift+number beside one). However, unless you do a lot of mathematical writing, or you have some program that needs it, there's probably much more useful things that could take it's place.
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/products/2009-06-26-delete-key_N.htm
And there is nothing Del can do that Backspace can't achieve just as easily.
And there is nothing Del can do that Backspace can't achieve just as easily.
I doubt that average PC users press the Esc key 700 times a week, if at all.
Then again, the SysReq command also hasn't been used for anything since the IBM S370 Terminals.
Yeah, I've used some of those SysRQ commands myself, but I don't think they are enable by default in most distributions, maybe something to do with the fact that someone can restart or power off your computer with the press of three buttons...
I also swap the escape and tilde key too.
You mean ¬ (Logical 'Not' operation)? It's still here on ISO keyboards (Shift+number beside one). However, unless you do a lot of mathematical writing, or you have some program that needs it, there's probably much more useful things that could take it's place.
"On average, they used the "Escape" and "Delete" keys 700 times per week"
I can't remember the last time Esc did anything useful for me. It's not like it ever escapes you out of anything nowadays.
I forgot about ESC and games. I wonder if the new Supreme Commander will get me back into PC gaming.
I finally decided to get around to using Microsoft's Keyboard Layout Creator to set up a custom keyboard layout that lets me use the right Alt key to type additional characters.
To have even more choices, I used a feature called "Swiss German Capitals" so that when Caps Lock is on, instead of getting lowercase characters when I shift the letters, I get additional special characters.
I finally decided to get around to using Microsoft's Keyboard Layout Creator to set up a custom keyboard layout that lets me use the right Alt key to type additional characters.
To have even more choices, I used a feature called "Swiss German Capitals" so that when Caps Lock is on, instead of getting lowercase characters when I shift the letters, I get additional special characters.
I've seen that site before, I really wonder what he was smoking when he came up with this. (http://www.quadibloc.com/comp/images/keyult62.gif)
Hey, I wasn't even on drugs when I came up with this (http://www.quadibloc.com/comp/images/enhpc.gif)!
Of course, I know it's hard to believe.
One multi-function keyboard layout that tries to combine all the functions of:
The normal 104/105-key PC keyboard
The 122-key terminal emulation keyboard
The Sun keyboard (notice the HELP key on the left)
An APL keyboard (APL symbols are on the right half of the keys)
A LISP keyboard of the Space Cadet variety (Meta, Super, and Hyper... and the symbols on the left half of the keys, even unshifted (. ). and :)
One keyboard to bind them, one keyboard on which to find them all, one keyboard to rule them all...
Hey, I wasn't even on drugs when I came up with this (http://www.quadibloc.com/comp/images/enhpc.gif)!
Hey, I wasn't even on drugs when I came up with this (http://www.quadibloc.com/comp/images/enhpc.gif)!
Show Image(http://capsoff.org/local--resized-images/mdkb:nikestyle/keyboard.png/medium.jpg)
Needs foot pedals.
Caps Lock bashing sites:they are not bashing sites! they are portals of enlightenment!
http://anticapslock.com/
http://capsoff.org/