Google is releasing a new laptop, the Google Cr-48 notebook, and the most shocking feature is the lack of caps lock button and that their button keys labels are all lowercase.
The caps lock is left over from the typewriter (i.e. it required shifting the ribbon to capital letters and could be locked to emphasize words) when manufactures wanted to the make the transition to the first computers as easy as possible for the public. However, in the 21st century, the caps lock function has become unnecessary since not much requires capitalization and the expectations of proper spelling/grammar has diminished with the increase of e-mail and text messaging. So, does this mark the beginning of removing keys that otherwise take up valuable keyboard real estate?
The caps lock is left over from the typewriter (i.e. it required shifting the ribbon to capital letters and could be locked to emphasize words) when manufactures wanted to the make the transition to the first computers as easy as possible for the public. However, in the 21st century, the caps lock function has become unnecessary since not much requires capitalization and the expectations of proper spelling/grammar has diminished with the increase of e-mail and text messaging. So, does this mark the beginning of removing keys that otherwise take up valuable keyboard real estate?
Egads! This marks the decline and fall of modern civilization! I will miss proper punctuation and spelling!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeletedont you ALREADY miss it?
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