Unlocking The Power Of Caps Lock

The caps lock key is probably the most useless key in our keyboards. So why not use it for something else?

This is one of those things I've resisted for years but I finally bothered and made the change - Hey, let's assume it is the first of a very late New Year resolutions set.

I've recently changed it to function as another Control key and it's been great so far. Suddenly I can afford to use my pinkie finger without all those contortionist gymnastics.
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Configuring it is dead simple. In a nutshell:
System Preferences -> Keyboard -> Modifier Keys
and remap de Caps Lock key.

At work, I'm required to use a Windows desktop machine and have been using a remapped Caps Lock key for years now.
But not as a Control key. Enso Launcher is my tool of choice and the natural behaviour for the Caps Lock key under Windows.
Enso's quasimodal behaviour is something I've yet (and wish) to see on Alfred and the moribund QuickSilver.

Caps Lock is the cleanest key in our keyboards. It's only obvious we must make regular use of it (and spread the bacteria).

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Luis said(1 year ago)

Now is the time to save our pinkies! PINKIES OF THE WORLD, UNITE IN SYNC! NO MORE AWKWARD MOVEMENT! Seriously, it's a dead simple thing that may change many people lives, I for one had the same feeling... was years considering to change the key..but never went for it. Heck, today is the day! set your pinky free!