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That was a great idea to put a "search" key in place of a caps lock key. I search all the time, and haven't (intentionally) used caps lock once my entire life.
by Sephr 16y ago
That was a great idea to put a "search" key in place of a caps lock key. I search all the time, and haven't (intentionally) used caps lock once my entire life.
- joelburget 16y agoHow do you type acronyms like NASA?
- tamersalama 16y agoor legacy table names
- cryptoz 16y agoIt's faster to hold shift. Caps Lock + n + a + s + a + Caps Lock is 6 keys, vs Shift + n + a + s + a is only 5 keys.
- joelburget 16y agoBut I use both fingers for the letters in NASA so I would normally have to hold 2 different shift keys. Are you saying you hold just one shift and type the rest of the letters with your other hand
- borski 16y agoI hold the left shift key and type NASA with the rest of my fingers. Just because a finger is tied up holding down a key doesn't mean the rest of the fingers cannot also be used. :)
- btmorex 16y agoHold left shift with left pinky. Type n-a-s-a with both hands. I honestly have no idea how else you would do it. Hitting caps lock seems like such a waste of time.
- joelburget 16y agoHow is it a waste of time when caps lock is as close to my little finger as shift is and I can type normally for those few letters?
- jules 16y agoBecause you have to press it twice. I tried both and shift was definitely easier.
- whatusername 16y agoExcept that NASA has two a's -- which I would normally type with my left pinky. // That being said -- I instinctively type it exactly as you describe.
- zandorg 16y agoTHIS WHOLE THREAD IS RIDICULOUS!
- phillijw 16y agoYou'd think a double-tap on shift would do it. Let's change the world one key click at a time
- schultzor 16y agonasa<ctrl-space><meta-b><C-xC-u>? Maybe emacs loses this round...
- aerique 16y agonasa<meta-b><meta-u>
- dctoedt 16y agoWhat about those of us who use CAPS LOCK as another CONTROL key (for Emacs)?
- jpd 16y agoI think your missing the fact that Emacs wont run on this OS.
- defroost 16y agoEmacs won't run? Then why would I want to use it? What about all my Lisp code? And why on earth do I want to give Google so much control of my OS? And full control of my laptop? Maybe I should just give bots from outer space full control of my workspace.
- richbradshaw 16y agoNot sure this OS is for you.
- krainboltgreene 16y agoWhy is this being upvoted? It neither contributes to the conversation nor is it interesting. It amounts to uninformed opinion dreg.
- PostOnce 16y agoYou can share opinions on HN. It is my opinion that ChromeOS is more than a little likely to fail. There is too much the web can't replace. And the Chrome web app store? Meh. I hope it fails. I'd love to start paying $4 for all those crappy flash/javascript games. "Installing" web pages? Who came up with this nonsense? See. I just shared some opinions. Feel free to share your own. Our opinions also amount to reviews. This is a new product, and we're speculating about how we would review it had we tried it.
- dctoedt 16y agoYou're right, I didn't know that. I would imagine, though, that Emacs will eventually be ported to Chrome.
- lilb 16y agoSeriously – good riddance. Now what could the "insert" key be replaced by?
- 27182818284 16y agoI didn't notice that. I hope you can swap it out with control. I've used that for so long it would be annoying to have to relearn.