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totally agree with the lack of experience with keyboards. The shift thing reminded me of a student last semester who I saw working and put the caps lock on to t

totally agree with the lack of experience with keyboards. The shift thing reminded me of a student last semester who I saw working and put the caps lock on to type a short acronym like APCA or something.

jeroenhd 7y ago
I'm far from experienced with keyboards but I do that sometimes. I use shift for starting words or sentences with capitals but every now and then will use caps lock for upper case acronyms. The two extra key strokes to toggle caps lock are easier than keeping the shift key(s) down when typing, especially when typing acronyms I'm unfamiliar with. It's just a force of habit. People toggling caps for every capital letter will make me shudder though. I've seen them even in (introductory) programming classes. I suppose in an age where most typing is done on smart phones, it makes sense that people use the software-keyboard-style toggle instead of the "old-fashioned" shift keys. Then again, every day programmers learn about stuff like control+delete/backspace, shift+arrow keys and other keyboard navigation tricks common in almost any program these days. It's a set of tricks and tips that you need to happen to stumble across to learn about, and if the teacher doesn't know how to type properly an entire class of school children will suffer the same faith. You can easily spend your entire high school time using caps lock for capitalization without anyone even noticing or correcting you.
Dylan16807 7y ago
Huh? Both ways of typing that are completely fine. Especially since the 'correct' way of using the opposite-hand shift key is probably the worst way to type an acronym by a significant margin, since it requires so much shuffling back and forth while coordinating chorded keys.
- Avamander 7y ago
  Holding shift doesn't require any shuffling back and forth?
  - Dylan16807 7y ago
    Using the opposite-hand shift key, when pressing letters that go back and forth between sides, requires awkward shuffling.
    - Avamander 7y ago
      You use your pinkies and there's barely any movement.
      - Dylan16807 7y ago
        Just as much movement as hitting any other key. Plus slightly more because you have to keep it held during the next key. It's really easy to do, but it's still more than double the effort of hitting a single letter, and when you're hitting many keys per second that makes a difference. Shift, letter, unshift is great for a single capital letter, but if you're doing that several times in a row then capslock is a lot simpler. As is holding a single shift, if you're used to it.

jeroenhd 7y ago

I'm far from experienced with keyboards but I do that sometimes. I use shift for starting words or sentences with capitals but every now and then will use caps lock for upper case acronyms. The two extra key strokes to toggle caps lock are easier than keeping the shift key(s) down when typing, especially when typing acronyms I'm unfamiliar with. It's just a force of habit. People toggling caps for every capital letter will make me shudder though. I've seen them even in (introductory) programming classes. I suppose in an age where most typing is done on smart phones, it makes sense that people use the software-keyboard-style toggle instead of the "old-fashioned" shift keys. Then again, every day programmers learn about stuff like control+delete/backspace, shift+arrow keys and other keyboard navigation tricks common in almost any program these days. It's a set of tricks and tips that you need to happen to stumble across to learn about, and if the teacher doesn't know how to type properly an entire class of school children will suffer the same faith. You can easily spend your entire high school time using caps lock for capitalization without anyone even noticing or correcting you.

Dylan16807 7y ago

Huh? Both ways of typing that are completely fine. Especially since the 'correct' way of using the opposite-hand shift key is probably the worst way to type an acronym by a significant margin, since it requires so much shuffling back and forth while coordinating chorded keys.

Avamander 7y ago
Holding shift doesn't require any shuffling back and forth?
- Dylan16807 7y ago
  Using the opposite-hand shift key, when pressing letters that go back and forth between sides, requires awkward shuffling.
  - Avamander 7y ago
    You use your pinkies and there's barely any movement.
    - Dylan16807 7y ago
      Just as much movement as hitting any other key. Plus slightly more because you have to keep it held during the next key. It's really easy to do, but it's still more than double the effort of hitting a single letter, and when you're hitting many keys per second that makes a difference. Shift, letter, unshift is great for a single capital letter, but if you're doing that several times in a row then capslock is a lot simpler. As is holding a single shift, if you're used to it.