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Shift-lock does not equal Caps-lock.
Reminds me of wedging keys down with pennies to always run in early FPS games.
Caps Lock is the button above the clothes pin.
Obviously a PC user.
I dunno, I think the caps lock is correctly labeled on the US keyboard; this looks like a foreign one, and maybe that symbol is the norm wherever it’s from. My guess is that the caps lock is just broken. Which is to say, functioning correctly.
Actually, it’s a mac keyboard, and they all look like that.
Well, usually they’re a bit cleaner.
Actually, I think it’s a European Mac Keyboard.
No, my school has these and I’m in the US.
nope,thats the euro version…
no way, the euro version has the above the . and there’s an extra key on our version: fn.
but yeah, it was possible.
I didn’t know all Mac users were automatically clean.
No self-respecting Mac user would dare let his precious hardware get dirty! Someone else must have done this while he was out.
Its not the users but the reliability of the hardware
Not according to Apple:
http://www.apple.com/keyboard/
Compared to Apple’s images… and the keyboard I’m typing on… the function key isn’t in its usual place and the left 3/5 of the shift key is replaced by whatever’s being held down and the right 2/5 of the shift key is replaced by a weird “” key. The latter is entirely absent from standard US Apple keyboards, which use the typcial “shift-,” and “shift-.” approach for “”…
It’s a Danish QWERTY layout keyboard for Macs.
wikipedia: wiki/File:KB_Danish.svg
Scratch that, it could be a whole slew of foreign keyboards, from Italian to Norwegian.
wiki/Keyboard_layout#QWERTY
It could also, according to the location of the characters ” and !, a german keyboard, on my old laptop with italian keyboard layout, those where if i remember correctly at another positions.
Looks like a Mac keyboard to me
Other than a few rare programmers, no one needs CAPS LOCK, not the dual WINDOZE keys. These three keys are the cause of more wasted time on personal computers than anything short of BLUE SCREEN OF DEATH. Would someone PLEASE bring back the non-Windoze Key, and make the Caps Lock key optional? AS in the flick of a slide switch under the keyboard activates or deactivates the useless piece of JUNK!
I am a full time writer, I have yet to have any use for either key. Other than to foul up my work since the last save.
Conversely – you use it, so everybody needs it? Don’t get me wrong, I work on drawings and such too and use Caps Lock once in a while, but the majority of people with a keyboard have no need for it.
It would be just as simple to eliminate the Caps Lock and use a keystroke combo (Ctrl-Alt-Shift perhaps) to toggle Caps Lock on and off. This will save the hassle for normal users who bump Caps when using Tab and Shift. And that is immensely frustrating.
I’m a writer also and I’ve used the caps lock key for word capitalization since the days of Word Star 1.0.
Yes, it is a redundant key, but some people still use it.
+1
*changed caps lock to switch keyboard languages*
ALSO REMEMBER CAPS LOCK IS CRUISE CONTROL FOR COOL!!
AND FOR THOSE OF US WHO DEBATE IN ONLINE CHAT ROOMS, WE NEED CAPS LOCK TO SHOW THE SUPERIORITY OF OUR OPINIONS
AS SUCH, MY USE OF IT HERE PROVES THAT MY OPINION ON THE NEED OF A CAPS LOCK KEY IS SUPERIOR TO YOURS
I use the Windows key as a modifier for window manager commands. Caps Lock can also be remapped to whatever convenient function you like. Don’t like it? Change it!
I’m pretty much with you on capslock (I’ve actually remapped mine to ctrl+tab), it’s probably only useful for noobs and lawyers, as they seem to be the only people who regularly write whole paragraphs in caps.
But the Windows keys are very handy. I use them all the time, both for keyboard access to the Start menu and for shortcuts (both the standards like Win+D, and my own). Although, I still don’t use them as much as the traditional modifier keys, so arguably one Windows key would be enough.
What a filthy state that keyboard is in.
I TAKE IT THIS PERSON YELLS A LOT
O RLY?
If this person used MacOS Sticky Keys, the Clothes Pin won’t be needed. And some spray cleaner will get rid of the other sticky keys problem.
The underlying circuitry may be broken on the caps lock key. I’m giving the person the benefit of the doubt (even though they’re a Mac user) and saying that the caps lock has been stuck to “on” and holding down the shift key keeps words in lowercase as you type.
If that’s the reasoning though it still kind of fails, since you can’t type capital letters without loosening the clip, which may or may not be hard to do. still, all lowercase is less annoying than ALL UPPERCASE LETTERS.
I’ll give you the benefit of the doubt (since you’re a PC user) but the little dot above the arrow on Mac keyboards usually is ON when the Caps Lock is activated. So if the circuit was broken leaving the Caps on, the light should also be stuck on.
You know, unless the key in general was broken, including the light … >_>
That’s a Mac keyboard and Macs don’t seem to do the shift-negates-caps-lock thing. Other words, if you hit Shift while you’re in Caps lock on a Mac, it will still be in all caps. Not sure what in blue blazes is going on with this dude’s keyboard.
Judging by the state of that keyboard, he DEFINITELY has sticky keys!
Old person!
I saw the title and hoped this meant Apple had created a keyboard without a Caps Lock. Man, they would have redeemed themselves for when they removed dedicated function keys.
The standard practice (at least what I’m used to) when typing in SQL is capital letters for most things.
SELECT this_column
FROM table
WHERE id=0
ORDER BY that_column
Goes much quicker (at least for me) to turn the caps lock key on and off.
After over 9000 lines of SQL it’s still easier for me to use shift.
Touché…
Or, turn off case sensitivity (works in MSSQL, not sure about other kinds)
SQL shouldn’t be case sensitive at all. It’s just standard practice to write the code that way. If it used to be IDK, I just know it’s standard practice for many people now.
Capslock is probably hanging out with Lucas.
10 internets if you know what the heck I’m talking about. =p
That Earthbound sequel?
THIS IS HOW A YELLING TROLL KEYBOARD LOOKS LIKE, i would prefer a piece of tape instead
apple keyboard fail
WHAT? U MAD?
Mac User …
For those of you with windows. the key that is being pined down is the function key. the default uses for the F keys on a mac are for things like volume control, screen brightness, and pausing movies. Holding the Fn key lets you uses them like you would on windows.
It really isn’t, on the GB keyboard at least. The “fn” key is to the left of the home key, above the arrow keys. The key held down is most likely shift. Anyway, there’s an option in System Preferences to reverse the behaviour of the fn key.
I have one of those keyboards (though not THAT one…where the weird key is, mine’s ` and ~. Mine’s a UK one. God knows what region THAT one is.), and I can verify that’s DEFINITELY Shift being pegged down. FN is underneath F13, where Insert would be on a PC keyboard.
Ohhhh Apple. You and your crazy keyboard layouts.
At a guess I’d say that keyboard was Croatian:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2841
So this is what a ragequitting mac gamers keyboard looks like?
its a mac anyways
Whatever language the keyboard is the key under the clip is the SHIFT key. why you need to keep the shift key down is another question entirely