Caps lock or shift?

[Charisma Veteran]

Man! Some sloppy a** typists here then if you've never used the right side shift key!! Why in the world would anyone use the caps lock key for just 1 capital letter!! Why in the world would you disable the caps lock key also? Again, more totally sloppy typists here, huh? Might have a bunch of geeks here, but not many of you ever took a typing class in school?

Ha, I can type 100+ wpm on a good day; I'd hardly call myself sloppy. I just don't find myself using the right shift much at all. For a capital A, I just tested, I seem to move my hand over a bit, press the Shift with the pinky and the A with the ring finger, then move back and carry on as usual. At lightning speed. :laugh: Wonder how many variations of "correct" typing are out there. Especially if you have some kind of hand or finger abnormality or injury you need to compensate for.

If that makes me sloppy, oh well, put me on a bun and call me Joe.

[Sir Topham Hatt]

Shift, unless I am writing a sentence in capitals, which is not only rare, but endangered!

[Lamp Post]

I always use shift. And seeing I am right-handed, it's of course the left shift.

Using the right hand for the mouse leaves the left shift as the natural choice when you need shift for other purposes than typing, making it also the natural choice when typing because of the muscle memory. So I'd say the right-handed people who use the right shift are the odd ones. ;)

[Haggis Veteran]

Is it because you guys are american that you use the left shift? (IE. are the keyboards different)

my left shift key is tiny, I guess I use the right because its bigger.

I just assumed everyone used that one but im the odd one out lol

I use the right shift key too

as you say its bigger and easier to hit

I am Left Handed

[LUTZIFER]

I don't think I've used the Caps Lock button in the over 20 years I've been using computers.

Well I may have hit it by accident a time or two.

[dopydope]

An interesting point of view on that subject ...

http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/technology/2010/12/good_riddance.single.html

[xxxxxx.xxxxxx]

Im a shifter, thats what its there for... :shiftyninja:

[exotoxic]

fun fact: always the right shift too. I guess its because I'm right handed, I never use the left shift.

I'm right-handed, and I never use the right shift. Curious.

I am somewhat ambidextrous and use both shift keys.

[Rappy Veteran]

Shift

[PolkRB]

It's funny there's only 1 vote for Caps lock. :)

[Comrade Megatron]

I use Caps Lock. I just find it harder to keep a button pressed down rather than touch it twice and be done with it. Whenever I use Shift, it slows me down a lot. They're both two actions (pressing key once then again, and pressing key then releasing it).

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I'm sorry, if you're using caps lock for single letters, you don't deserve to have a computer.

I guess I need to throw away my computer now.

[+Warwagon MVC]

On 3/26/2013 at 8:44 AM, siah1214 said:

I'm sorry, if you're using caps lock for single letters, you don't deserve to have a computer.

While I think they still deserve to have computer. It does drive me nuts. When i'm connected remotely and someone types in their password to log into the computer and I see the words "Caps lock on" flash on the screen i do a facepalm. Because they also end ###### up their password because they accidentally capitalize more than they wanted... gee i wonder why. I was actually just complaining to someone about exactly this about a week ago.

[siah1214]

On 2/22/2020 at 11:06 AM, Comrade Megatron said:

I use Caps Lock. I just find it harder to keep a button pressed down rather than touch it twice and be done with it. Whenever I use Shift, it slows me down a lot. They're both two actions (pressing key once then again, and pressing key then releasing it).

I guess I need to throw away my computer now.

This is a 7 year old post my dude, but i love that you signed up just to leave a comment on it.  

 

 

[vevakan783]

On laptop capslock is faster for me, and it has a light so i just cant use it on accident. On my tablet i use the equivelant of shift, since it automatically stops after 1 letter.

[vevakan783]

On 02/04/2013 at 09:26, Haggis said:

I use the right shift key too

as you say its bigger and easier to hit

I am Left Handed

i use left shift whenever i type ¬!"£$%^&*()_+{}~:@|<>?, its smaller and im right handed though

[Mindovermaster Global Moderator]

I have my CAPS lock key taken off. I use tab a lot in Minecraft, and if I flick that,  I TALK LIKE THIS..

[+virtorio MVC]

Shift, of course.
I was at my mothers house the other day (who is a medical transcriber and can type incredibly fast) and saw she uses caps lock. Blew my mind.

[+Warwagon MVC]

On 24/02/2022 at 18:20, virtorio said:

Shift, of course.
I was at my mothers house the other day (who is a medical transcriber and can type incredibly fast) and saw she uses caps lock. Blew my mind.

Just the other day I had tell someone were to find the tab key. Today I had to explain to someone where the delete key was.

[Tuskd]

What is the probability that a thread is resurrected not once, but twice!

Since I haven't contributed to this topic, I use both actually. For single capital letters, like in this sentence and at max a word, I use the Shift key. For anything longer, Caps lock all the way. I work with a lot of acronyms at work so I use Caps almost every week, though not daily.

[seta-san]

On 22/02/2020 at 13:06, Comrade Megatron said:

I use Caps Lock. I just find it harder to keep a button pressed down rather than touch it twice and be done with it. Whenever I use Shift, it slows me down a lot. They're both two actions (pressing key once then again, and pressing key then releasing it).

I guess I need to throw away my computer now.

Me too

[ThaCrip]

Shift ; naturally. the 'caps lock' button is pretty much useless.

[Gurn Blandsten]

Shift key, unless I'm yelling at someone online in all caps for some reason.

[Skyfrog]

Shift of course. I've never heard of anyone using caps lock for single letters; that seems bizarre.