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I absolutely love the fact that a laptop fully based around the web is being denied a caps lock key. Good riddance. I think 99% of its usage (constants aside)

I absolutely love the fact that a laptop fully based around the web is being denied a caps lock key. Good riddance. I think 99% of its usage (constants aside) is for trolling/yelling.

hvs 16y ago
I like to use it as my Control key, though. I'd be concerned that they would replace it with something else and I'd have to learn to twist my pinky unnaturally again.
- commandar 16y ago
  This is exactly what I was about to say. It looks like they've used the caps lock position for the Fn key on the cr-48, so it looks like this may not be possible on this unit. Then again, I guess it's not that big a deal since the ctrl key doesn't really get used on the web.
  - eelco 16y ago
    It looks like a 'search' key actually. Look closely at the fourth screenshot. Not sure if I'm right, though.
    - wahnfrieden 16y ago
      Photos of this laptop leaked several days ago, with greater detail on the keyboard. It is indeed a search key. The shift key also has a light on it, suggesting that it can be double-tapped to activate caps lock.
  - gcb 16y ago
    I use the ctrl key a lot on ssh sessions. If the web is now reduced to youtube and valleywag, I'd gladly abandon it.
    - sh1mmer 16y ago
      You are thinking of the Internet. The Web is an abbreviation of the "World Wide Web" (of hyperlinks), rather than the medium which conveys its data.
      - gcb 16y ago
        touché. good point. ok, so i must say web represent a very very very low priority on my internet usage. having only 'the web' would be like cable TV with only the weather channel. No. Thanks.
- jlees 16y ago
  You can map it to Ctrl.
  - alanh 16y ago
    In Chrome OS? Is there a web app for that?
    - jlees 16y ago
      It's built in. http://code.google.com/p/chromium-os/issues/detail?id=5152 http://code.google.com/p/chromium-os/issues/detail?id=5152
j_baker 16y ago
Indeed. I can't remember the last time I hit the caps lock key on purpose.
waterlesscloud 16y ago
But how will we ever code in FORTRAN on the thing?
- chancho 16y ago
  Wait 13 years. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fortran#FORTRAN_77 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fortran#FORTRAN_77 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fortran#Fortran_90 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fortran#Fortran_90

I absolutely love the fact that a laptop fully based around the web is being denied a caps lock key. Good riddance. I think 99% of its usage (constants aside) is for trolling/yelling.

hvs 16y ago

I like to use it as my Control key, though. I'd be concerned that they would replace it with something else and I'd have to learn to twist my pinky unnaturally again.

commandar 16y ago
This is exactly what I was about to say. It looks like they've used the caps lock position for the Fn key on the cr-48, so it looks like this may not be possible on this unit. Then again, I guess it's not that big a deal since the ctrl key doesn't really get used on the web.
- eelco 16y ago
  It looks like a 'search' key actually. Look closely at the fourth screenshot. Not sure if I'm right, though.
  - wahnfrieden 16y ago
    Photos of this laptop leaked several days ago, with greater detail on the keyboard. It is indeed a search key. The shift key also has a light on it, suggesting that it can be double-tapped to activate caps lock.
- gcb 16y ago
  I use the ctrl key a lot on ssh sessions. If the web is now reduced to youtube and valleywag, I'd gladly abandon it.
  - sh1mmer 16y ago
    You are thinking of the Internet. The Web is an abbreviation of the "World Wide Web" (of hyperlinks), rather than the medium which conveys its data.
    - gcb 16y ago
      touché. good point. ok, so i must say web represent a very very very low priority on my internet usage. having only 'the web' would be like cable TV with only the weather channel. No. Thanks.
jlees 16y ago
You can map it to Ctrl.
- alanh 16y ago
  In Chrome OS? Is there a web app for that?
  - jlees 16y ago
    It's built in. http://code.google.com/p/chromium-os/issues/detail?id=5152 http://code.google.com/p/chromium-os/issues/detail?id=5152

j_baker 16y ago

Indeed. I can't remember the last time I hit the caps lock key on purpose.

waterlesscloud 16y ago

But how will we ever code in FORTRAN on the thing?

chancho 16y ago
Wait 13 years. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fortran#FORTRAN_77 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fortran#FORTRAN_77 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fortran#Fortran_90 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fortran#Fortran_90