[mdlug] Campaign to retire the Caps Lock key

[Jeremy Bowers]

Garry Stahl wrote:
> Jeremy Bowers wrote:
>   
>> A few weeks ago I remapped Caps Lock to Backspace. It's been working 
>> well for me and I intend to keep it that way.
>>
>> No amount of textual analysis can show that "Backspace" is a 
>> frequently-used key, so I think people overlook it.
>>     
>
> You obviously are NOT me.  My cursor goes backwards as much as
> forwards.  Being dyslexic I am a lousy typist.  However, I have no
> problem with the caps lock key right where it is, being dyslexic and
> everything.
>   
Actually, that's what I mean. No amount of analyzing the Bible or 
Shakespeare or any other corpus that people analysing keyboard layouts 
use will show "Backspace" as a commonly used key. But I probably use it 
more than, say, "Z" or "Q", and it deserves a better position than "the 
far corner".

Whereas "Home" and "End", while useful, don't need to be readily available.