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 Posted: Sun Jan 30, 2011 4:16 am Post subject: Google removes caps lock |
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| Quote: | A few weeks ago Google unveiled a prototype of a new Chrome based netbook to the world. Truly a computer for the Internet age, several interesting design choices were made with this netbook, including the decision to remove the Caps Lock key from the keyboard, replacing it with a key that inserts a random pictures of a cat when pressed. Since then, the main nerds on the Internet have been discussing the implications of this; whether having less people screaming on the internet was worth the economic devastation felt by the increased time it would take for people to type acronyms.
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| Posted: Sun Jan 30, 2011 5:35 am Post subject: |
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Serious?
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| Posted: Sun Jan 30, 2011 11:20 am Post subject: |
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| It will not be successful. In programming, it is good practice to keep certain things like constants in all caps, and it would be tedious if we had to hold the shift key.
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| Posted: Sun Jan 30, 2011 11:39 am Post subject: |
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| I'm fairly sure Google's chrome netbooks are web only, as in, no programming will take place on it.
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ipivb
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| Posted: Sun Jan 30, 2011 12:14 pm Post subject: |
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What I meant is that it wont revolutionize the keyboard industry and cause all keyboards to remove the caps lock key.
I'm still using an old IBM keyboard from 1998 btw lol...
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| Posted: Sun Jan 30, 2011 5:59 pm Post subject: |
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| ipivb wrote: | What I meant is that it wont revolutionize the keyboard industry and cause all keyboards to remove the caps lock key.
I'm still using an old IBM keyboard from 1998 btw lol... |
Same here lol  .
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| Posted: Sun Jan 30, 2011 7:15 pm Post subject: |
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caps lock is pretty much useless. I haven't had to use it for years (and the residue that has settled on top of it proves it)
as for programming: That's why you only type in the first 2 or 3 characters of a constant and then press ctrl+space and select what you mean. Or else just copy/paste from the docs
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| Posted: Sun Jan 30, 2011 8:32 pm Post subject: |
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| Jesper wrote: | | I'm fairly sure Google's chrome netbooks are web only, as in, no programming will take place on it. |
The chrome OS is meant to run a shit ton of web apps that replace apps on the computer. So you would be able to program, you'd just be doing it in the browser like everything else you do on the OS.
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| Posted: Sun Jan 30, 2011 11:19 pm Post subject: |
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Real men hold shift key for caps.
bet none of you are able to type | Code: | | the quick fox jumped over the lazy dog |
while holding both shift key.
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| Posted: Sun Jan 30, 2011 11:25 pm Post subject: |
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| Shota wrote: | Real men hold shift key for caps.
bet none of you are able to type | Code: | | the quick fox jumped over the lazy dog |
while holding both shift key. |
HE QUIK FO JUPED OER HE LA DOG
Nope.
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| Posted: Mon Jan 31, 2011 12:39 am Post subject: |
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TE UIC RWN JUED VER TE LAY DG.
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| Posted: Mon Jan 31, 2011 9:11 pm Post subject: |
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HE QUIK FO JUPS OER HE LA DOG
decent for a 10 dollar keyboard.
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| Posted: Mon Jan 31, 2011 9:42 pm Post subject: |
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| My Caps lock doesn't even work.
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| Posted: Mon Jan 31, 2011 10:02 pm Post subject: |
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i honestly don't remember the last time i actually used caps lock
decade + dell keyboard supremacy
THE QUICK BROWN FOX JUMPED OVER THE LAZY DOG
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ipivb
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| Posted: Tue Feb 01, 2011 1:01 am Post subject: |
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| Dark Byte wrote: | caps lock is pretty much useless. I haven't had to use it for years (and the residue that has settled on top of it proves it)
as for programming: That's why you only type in the first 2 or 3 characters of a constant and then press ctrl+space and select what you mean. Or else just copy/paste from the docs |
Touche. What I meant was when you need to create constants yourself. For the average script kiddie, it's no problem. But for serious programmers it's common practice to have a good set of constants and keep them in capital letters.
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