Is Google Trying to Kill the CAPS LOCK KEY?
WHAT WILL BECOME OF THE INTERNET IF SUDDENLY THERE WERE NO MORE INANE SHOUTING OF NONSENSE?
Yesterday's Chrome OS Notebook Cr-48 reveal showed that Google had different plans for where the caps lock key normally resides. INSTEAD OF DOING THIS SORT OF THING, Google has mapped to a search key.
That's fine by us, considering the caps lock key these days is mostly useless aside from those who like to troll the comments section. (In fact, I've remapped my caps lock key to backspace.)
Amusingly, Google joked, "We expect this will improve the quality of comments across the web."
For those who feel that they must have that caps lock key back, Google notes that those with the Cr-48 notebook can click on the wrench icon, go into System section inside settings and change the Modifier Key from Search back to Caps Lock.
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xurwin ReplyWe expect this will improve the quality of comments across the web
and i thought my jokes were bad. -
*INSANEReply
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search key would be great on a laptop like this. i would prefer the search key over the caps key. would be more useful to me! -
wait... will the google chrome laptop trackpad be similar to the buttonless macbook trackpad? because i can't see any buttons.Reply
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jgutz2006 Wait people wont have excuse for 15 failed password attempts locking out their account due to caps lock? IMHO - Caps Lock has been a poor taste joke all of these years!Reply -
molo9000 bear95wait... will the google chrome laptop trackpad be similar to the buttonless macbook trackpad? because i can't see any buttons.Let's hope that all laptop manufacturers start making trackpads like that.Reply
Having more than 1 physical mouse button is pointless on a laptop. -
jonpaul37 About Bloody Time someone stepped up to rid us of that horrible horrible useless key! Google done moved up a notch in my notebook!Reply