Campaign to eradicate invalid Caps Lock key

Although there are keys of various functions on the keyboard, although it is the first key as a key to which functions are exchanged, casting doubts about the significance of existence from all over the world so far, it is not abolished yet, in fact, Keys that keep getting on are also rare. That is the key "Caps Lock".

However, the world is wide, there are people who are fighting the movement to eradicate "Caps Lock" from the keyboard itself rather than replacing "Caps Lock" and "Ctrl".

So, why the name Caps Lock, the history of the Caps Lock key and the extermination campaign, Caps Lock key exchange software etc, the current state of the CAPS LOCK key neighborhood is as follows.
First of all, about the meaning of "Caps". Caps is an abbreviation for "capital letters", meaning "capital letters". It is a CAPS LOCK key from fixing (locking) to capital letters.

Let's see the history of the Caps Lock key and the eradication campaign.

Caps lock key - Wikipedia

In normal mode the alphabet is to be entered in lower case letters and you need to press Shift key at the same time to enter upper case letters, but if capital letters continue consecutively, Caps Lock key 1 By pressing, you can enter capital letters without having to bother to press the Shift key at the same time.

However, in case of password input etc, capital letters and lower case letters are often distinguished in many cases, and as a result it becomes a cause for a beginner to stumble so as to form a two-flight with the NumLock key ... ....

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It seems that overseas probably this key is used normally, and it seems that this Caps Lock key is treated as a hindrance overseas even how it is overseas.

THE WAR AGAINST THE CAPS LOCK KEY IS ON - Engadget

Slashdot | War Declared on Caps Lock Key

So in 2006, Pieter Hintjens, president of the Foundation for a Free Information Infrastructure, launched a campaign to eradicate the ineffective Caps Lock key. Specifically, it works to eliminate the CAPS LOCK key from the standard keyboard of the standard key arrangement. The site is that site.

CAPSoff: Welcome!
http://capsoff.org/

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However, the CAPS LOCK key is not going to disappear in the first place ... ....

So, considering that this CAPS LOCK key is in a very easy-to-hit position in general, try switching to another key, such as Ctrl key or Shift key, or even if the function of this key It is adopting a method of killing itself.

The method of replacing with the registry is as follows.

Disable Caps Lock :: Useful Stuff :: John Haller.com

Swap "Caps" and "Ctrl"

The following free software is useful for interchanging by software.

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KeySwap for XP (Windows NT / 2000 / XP / utility)

If it is not enough to do so, but always want to know the state of CAPS LOCK the following software is convenient.

Hide Maruo's Homepage - Hide Caps

In addition, this CAPS LOCK key has already been eliminated on the Colemak keyboard, not the usual QWERTY keyboard.

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http://colemak.com/

In the above site, drivers that are relocated to an array optimized for hitting other key positions at high speed have already been distributed, and there are already for Windows Vista.