Death to the "caps lock" key
The Internet has given birth to an unlikely new grassroots campaign to eliminate a key on computer keyboards.
Thousands of people are backing an idea to get rid of "caps lock" or exiling it to the keyboard countryside. The blogosphere is suddenly filled with strong opinons about the key that lets users type in all capital letters without having to hit "shift" first.
Some people are saying the caps lock key is seldom used and takes up valuable real estate; that it encourages people to type in obnoxious all capital letters; and can mess up password entries when it's accidentally depressed. Others are defending caps lock.
It all started just two days ago, when Pieter Hintjens of Brussells created a discussion group and blog calling for an end to "caps lock."