Anyone here use the Caps Lock key?
 

For capitalizing letters, that is.

Believe it or not, I've actually seen people use it. Especially the hunt-and-peck typers who painstakingly trigger capslock on and off for each capital letter.

Any other silly keyboard habits you've spotted?

I've seen people constantly use the delete button instead of the backspace button. It boggles my mind. I'm sure that isn't too strange, but it's the only thing I've got.

Oh, and I've seen people use the numbers on the number pad (is that what it's called?) on the right of the keyboard. That just seems waaaaay unnecessary to me. Similar to Deoxy, I've seen people who have a scroll button on their mouse not use it, but they use the page up/down buttons instead. :gonk: :confused:

Mainly the use of the up and down buttons to scroll instead of using a scroll button, dragging the bar down instead, or using page up or page down for longer pages. Another one I can recall is seeing someone use the File --> Exit option to close an application instead of hitting the X.

Only when Acronyms are up and about would I use Caps Lock. Other than that other weird computer habits include using the mouse to clicking on the bar to scroll down with a mouse with a scroll wheel (at first I thought it was because the mouse was retarded) or right clicking on files and pressing "Open" instead of double clicking. Speaking of which I also once saw an old lady using a computer and she actually had to use both hands to complete a double click. Not that I'm making fun of her or anything but it was awkward for me to see it.

One of my friends uses the capslock button to capitalize his letters. Needless to say, he the a painfully slow typer.

I use it if I know the whole sentence is going to be in caps, and I type like a mad-woman.

I never use the caps lock key myself. Even if I'm going to type an entire paragraph in all caps, I always press and hold the shift key.

But doesn't that mess up your hand postion? I mean, you're holding down the shift key with your left pinkie, I would imagine. What if you have to type an "a" or a "q"? HOME KEYS, FRIEND. HOME KEYS.

Wait, I just typed that without using the caps lock. Forget everything I just said.

My pinkie always rests on the shift key. My ring finger types "a" and "q".

Do you guys actually type with the "correct" hand formation? I'm a pretty fast typer, but I move my hands freely around the keyboard and type with random fingers.

Umm is it true what you are saying there or is it just a joke? So instead of using the SHIFT key they just have the time to press CAPS LOCK twice everytime they have to type a capital letter? Btw, I totally hate people who don't use either and write shit like " hello my name is cindy from usa. i like sports and i believe in god ". Good lord, they should be sent to prison.

My mother doesn't know how to type an "@" ("shift and Q doesn't do it :("), although I told her like a hundred times.

Yuo'd reach your maximum typing velocity if you used the proper fingers on the proper keys. Unlike what Bigblah does.

I use the shift key to do my capital letters, its a habit I've got and I love it. Saves so much time compared to pressing caps lock all the time.
I've not noticed anyother trends of other people though. Should really pay more attention.

I never learnt the correct formation either, but I still manage over 100 WPM.

I learned the proper way to type, but it's just not something I need. I don't need super-speedy typing, I just need to be able to get by. I never look down at the keyboard, and I can potentially type faster than I can think. Since I'm not a copy-typist, I'll always be drafting on the computer rather than copying a manuscript which means that there's no point at all in me reaching the higher speeds.

My boss frequently dictates to me over the phone while he's driving in to work, so I have to be able to type as quickly as a person talks. I have no idea how fast that is, but it's damn fast, and thank goodness I learned the proper hand position or I'd never be able to do it. Didn't you guys have to take a typing class, or is that just us old people?

That is actually extremely practical. I used to use the numbers at the top of the keyboard, but after 6 months of using an AS400, the numpad is much more efficient.

In elementary school we did a typing program that taught us the correct way of typing, but other than that, I have no other typing training.

All I did was play Typing of the Dead :(

I have that game. Maybe I should start playing again to brush up on my typing skills.

I use the Shift keys unless I somehow know ahead of time that I'm gonna be typing more than a sentence in all caps. It does slow me down a bit, but for forum posts like this I'm not concerned about typing as fast as I can.

I really do need to start using the number pad now that I have a desktop (and use one at work, where I type phone numbers a lot). I'm a fast typer, but using the number row practically reduces me to hunt-and-peck as far as speed goes.

I use the Caps Lock key when I'm on the phone and can only use one hand. As for something actually kinda silly thought not entirely related, I only discovered Alt+Tab a couple months ago. :(

Don't feel too bad... I just found out about alt + tab a minute ago. :(

Teach me. I type stuff with random fingers.