Shift or Caps Lock
Von shio_o - aktualisiert: 7 Jahre, 2 Monate vor - 10 messages
Hi all, Shift Key or Caps Lock, which is better when typing a capital letter at a fast level?
By moaz - posted: 7 Jahre, 4 Monate vor
I would say Shift Key, because you can use both hands to reach it so for example if the letter is on the left you can reach out to the Shift Key on the right. Yet I'm not an expert
By rofel - posted: 7 Jahre, 3 Monate vor
Shift, definitely
By skidmark - posted: 7 Jahre, 3 Monate vor
Shift. Hitting Caps Lock requires you to hit the key twice to toggle it back to lowercase after you've keyed the capital letter. Shift only requires you to hit they key once.
By vimcredible - posted: 7 Jahre, 3 Monate vor
Software developer here. For me it depends. Almost always, I find shift to be faster and more comfortable. However, sometimes I have to type things like THIS_LONG_ALL_CAPS_VARIABLE, in which case I find toggling capslock before and after to be faster and more comfortable.
Updated 7 Jahre, 3 Monate vor
By user400381 - posted: 7 Jahre, 3 Monate vor
Absolutely the shift key -- it requires only a single press which can be performed in tandem with striking the letter to be capitalized, whereas the caps lock key requires you press it, strike the key you intend to capitalize, then press it once more to turn it off -- this requires literally triple the effort of using the shift key.
By tytytytype - posted: 7 Jahre, 3 Monate vor
This isn't even a real comparison. If you're playing to type quickly, always use the Shift key.
Unless you're chickenpecking keys like a geriatric, CapsLock should be used exclusively for very long strings of upper-case words.
By shio_o - posted: 7 Jahre, 3 Monate vor
Thanks for the all replies people. Truth is I've been using caps ever since I've started typing. It's clear to me that shift is the right one to go with. Time for a transition!
By samcupp - posted: 7 Jahre, 3 Monate vor
Make the caps lock do something more useful!!!!! Have another backspace or control!!
By iammunkk - posted: 7 Jahre, 3 Monate vor
UNLESS YOU'RE TYPING LIKE THIS, It is going to be better to use the shift keys.
By jdcunningham09 - posted: 7 Jahre, 2 Monate vor
Well, caps can be useful. If you do happen to need MORE THAN A SINGLE LETTER IN CAPS FOR SOME REASON, it's a life saver. Really just trying typing even two or three words in all caps using the shift key and you'll see why caps still has a place on the keyboard.
