"I call for the abolishment of the ... Pause | Break keys!"
Eh, not so fast there, Bucko...
There are a few of us dinosaurs still around who actually do occasional work at the Windows CLI (and yes, Virginia, there is a Windows 'shell' CLI environment), where the Break key is recognized by most command line utilities and will get you out of a hung/looping program. And the pause key still works in that environment as well.
And, yes, I do still use the Caps Lock key occasionally. Just because I DON'T TYPE IN ALL UPPER CASE doesn't mean that I don't occasionally use, and find handy, the Caps Lock key (refer to earlier poster's comment re: coding SQL statements).
You are welcome to ditch the scroll lock key, though - I never have found any particular use for that one.
I do realize that we're gradually headed into a Brave New World (tm) where we'll never touch a key again, but please - let's not get carried away until my dead, cold fingers are pried off the keyboard. Which probably won't be all that long now. Patience, young ones...
Regards,
John Fishbeck
Physical Plant
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From: Kim Geiger [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2013 10:25 AM
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Subject: Re: [MSUNAG] How do you disable Caps Lock for your fleet PCs?
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Kim Geiger
WKAR Radio & Television, WKAR.org
East Lansing, Michigan >>> On 2/6/2013 at 5:08 PM, Richard Wiggins <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> For many years I have found the Caps Lock key to most evil key on my
> computer. There is no reason why this key should appear on a modern
> computer. In modern times this key is useless.
I call for the abolishment of the Scroll Lock and Pause | Break keys! No one uses them and you could hit them accidentally and be stuck scrolling. Or breaking. Also, my cat keeps sitting on the F11 key, putting my browser into full-screen scroll mode, so I don't like that one, either.
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