On the CR-48 laptop Google launched for a lucky group of testing-people last week there was a surprise for most when they opened the lid and found that the Caps Lock key was missing.

I am a user of that key. Even though accidentally! It happens to me quite a lot that instead of the shift I hit the Caps Lock… Well… That’s the price of using different keyboards every day.

Because of that, I believe that removing that key wouldn’t hurt anyone and that it could be used for something more useful.

I’ve been thinking a bit on what uses this key can get, Here’s my list:

Next Tab (CTRL-tab)

Somehow I got the alt-tab to switch between open windows pretty much under control, but I never managed to get used to Ctrl-tab.

Enable/Disable Bluetooth/External Monitor

Use Knife

Mainly the melee or knife action in 3d FPS games is located in a crappy location the E, The F and I even found it under the k once.

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Aside from the fact that this is a key hard to find on the Spanish keyboard layout, (Alt gr + `) This key s also used in some games to switch weapons. Either using the mouse scroll, or Caps Lock would be an improvement.

Boss Key

I really don’t need a boss key. Many of my colleagues do. Why they do? Because I can see their screen, and it ain’t pretty! You could make the Caps Lock close all open windows and open a “work related” browser-tab/document/…

These are just a handful of ideas, anyone has more?

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