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Caps Lock
Raised as a usability problem by 8 people on Hacker News over 14 years (2010–2023), in 8 threads.
No issue was raised by at least 3 people in 3 threads this year.
No issue was raised by at least 3 people in 3 threads in the last 5 years.
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Caps Lock needs two presses because first press doesn't registerUnreviewed
20102026- Caps Lock needs pressing twice because first press doesn't register, due to hidden behaviour2023-09-29
- Pressing Control accidentally triggers chords because Caps Lock doubles as Control2019-05-28
- Caps Lock needs a long press before activating, so users press it repeatedly2010-12-12
Unreviewed issues were grouped by machine: Claude Haiku labelled each comment as a usability complaint, named what it's about and summed up the problem in a line, and a small model grouped similar problems. Nobody has checked them by hand. Expect mistakes.
The newest 8 complaints
- CapsLock key wastes prime keyboard real estate, forcing awkward pinky reaches for Ctrl2023-11-10
- Caps Lock needs pressing twice because first press doesn't register, due to hidden behaviour2023-09-29
- Same warning repeated at every path, requiring manual inspection of 200k lines to find the responsible package2023-09-17
- Holding Ctrl then releasing triggers Esc, accidentally closing windows2022-12-26
- Pressing Control accidentally triggers chords because Caps Lock doubles as Control2019-05-28
- Caps Lock sits on the home row where it is rarely useful and gets hit by accident2017-10-22
- Cursor movement via Caps Lock plus hjkl forces repeated left pinky use, risking strain2013-12-27
- Caps Lock needs a long press before activating, so users press it repeatedly2010-12-12