A Brief History of Caps Lock

LOREM IPSUM DOLOR SIT AMET, CONSECTETUER ADIPISCING ELIT, SED DIAM NON- UMMY NIBH EUISMOD TINCIDUNT UT LAOREET DOLORE MAGNA ALIQUAM ERAT VOLUTPAT. UT WISI ENIM AD MINIM VENIAM, QUIS NOSTRUD EXERCI TATION ULLA- MCORPER SUSCIPIT LOBORTIS NISL UT ALIQUIP EX EA COMMODO CONSEQUAT. DUIS AUTEM VEL EUMIRIURE DOLOR IN HENDRERIT IN VULPUTATE VELIT ESSE MOLESTIE CONSEQUAT, VEL ILLUM DOLORE EU FEUGIAT NULLA FACILISIS AT VERO EROS ET AC- BLA DIT CoAPS LOC CUMSAN ET IUSTO ENIT AUGUE DUIS DOLO SOLUTA NOBIS ELEEND CITON CONGUL NIHIE TMPLADILT DOMING ID QUOD MAZIM PLACERAT FACER POSSIM ASSUM. TYPI NON HABENT CLARITATEM INSITAM; EST US Aninability to stay quiet is one of the conspicuous failings of mankind."=TIONES DEMONSTRAVERUNT LECTOREWalter Bagehot, EssayistD II LEGUNT SAEPIUS. CLARI- TAS EST ETIAM PROCESSUS DYNAMICUS, QUI SEQUITUR MUTATIONEM CONSUE- D NIS ES ATUM ZZRIL DEL- GAN NUILA NAN BER TEMPOR CUM TUDIUM LECTORUM. MIRUM EST NOTARE QUAM LITTERA GOTHICA, QUAM NUNC A BRIEF HISTORY OF CAPS LOCK caps lock SHIFT LOCK SHIFT LOCK SHIFT LOCK Caps Lock caps lock 1878 1914 1970 1973 1984 2012 Xerox Alto, the first real ex- Shift lock is The Datapoint To this day, whether laptop or desktop, Mac or PC, nearly all computers and keyboards still employ a caps lock key. Conventional IBM releases the added on the 2200, one of the earliest IBM Model M capital letter/lower- Remington Junior, to make it easier to type multiple shift characters by physically locking the "shifted" compo- ample of a modern style computer is released. Among its revolutionary features -- keyboard-based personal computers is released. As a keyboard, set- ting the stan- dard for key- board layouts on case letter keys are added to keyboards on the Remington No. 2 type- writer, computers. It standardized the holdover from function keys, the numpad, and the caps lock key. This layout is still used on most the traditional through the inclusion of a shift key. typewritter layout, it features a shift lock key. including a graphic based interface, a folder system, and a mouse -- nents in the typewritter that enabled capital letters. was a caps lock key. computers today. CAPS: Shoutng? (_ !_\ __||__^_,_I\_ |7_/ (_ > The idea of caps lock being considered rude or shouting originates in the early Usenet days of the Internet, where most con- versation was text-only on message boards. Lacking bold or italic text, users created *emphasis* with asterisks and SHOUTING with capital letters. The issue of people misusing caps lock on the web has increased as more users adopt social media. STATISTICS CANT BELIEVE RIGHT NOW -3% AINT GOT 3% OH SHIT 3%. CANT WAIT DONT CARE 10% 3% JUST GOT OH GOD 9% 3% DONT GIVE Top 20 Most CAPS LOCKED Tweeted 3% JUST SAW WANNA GO 3% 7% Phrases GO BACK 4% HAPPY BIRTHDAY 7% NEW FOLLOWERS 4% HOLY SHIT JUST WANT 5% NEED DONT WANT 7% JUST 5% DONT KNOW 13% THANK GOD GOOD 6% FUCKING MORNING 8% 5% 6% SHIT FUCK 9% 12% Most CAPS LOCKED Tweeted Words LOL 9% LOVE 11% OMG 9% GO 11% GOT 11% Statistics provided by Nate Fanaro, @Capscop FUN FACTS JUNE OCTOBER INTERNATIONAL CAPS LOCK DAY IS CELEBRATED ON OCTOBER 22. IT WAS EXPANDED TO INCLUDE JUNE 28 TO 28 22 COMMEMORATE THE PASSING OF INFOMERCIAL SALESMAN OF BILLY MAYS. To: Subject: In 2007, a woman in New Zealand was fired for sending co- workers too many caps-locked emails, including one that read: "TO ENSURE YOUR STAFF CLAIM IS PROCESSED AND PAID, PLEASE DO FOLLOW THE BELOW CHECK LIST." Caps lock abuse applies to celebrities too. @Oprah's first tweet: Prompting Shaquille O'Neal to reply: Oprah Winfrey @oprah HI TWITTERS . THANK YOU FOR A WARM SHAQ @SHAQ @oprah ur caps r on, btw WELCOME. FEELING REALLY 21st CEN- TURY STUDIES HAVE SHOWN THAT CAPITAL LET- TERS ARE HARDER TO READ THAN LOWER- Studies have shown that capital letters are harder to read than lowercase let- ters, particularly in large blocks of text, due to the equal heights of the letters. This makes it harder for your brain to distinguish the invidivudal shapes of letters while reading. CASE LETTERS, PARTICULARLY IN LARGE BLOCKS OF TEXT, DUE TO THE EQUAL HEIGHTS OF THE LETTERS. THIS MAKES IT HARDER FOR YOUR BRAIN TO DISTIN- GUISH THE INDIVIDUAL SHAPES OF LET- TERS WHILE READING. HOPE FOR THE FUTURE 2006 2007 ctrl delete Colemak Keyboard One Laptop Per Child The Colemak keyboard layout, third most-used behind QWERTY and Dvorak, removes the caps lock key in favor of a second delete key. The XO-1 computer, designed for the OLPC project, is also notable for swapping its cap lock for a control key. 2011 Google Chromebook CR-48 Google's Chromebook line, starting with the CR-48 and continuing this year with the second generation Samsung Series 5, replaces the caps lock key with a Search function - a new standard for the Chrome OS. LOREM IPSUM DOLOR SIT AMET, CONSECTETUER ADIPISCING ELIT, SED DIAM NON- UMMY NIBH EUISMOD TINCIDUNT UT LAOREET DOLORE MAGNA ALIQUAM ERAT VOLUTPAT. UT WISI ENIM AD MINIM VENIAM, QUIS NOSTRUD EXERCI TATION ULLA- MCOPPER STISCIPITLOBORTIS NISLIT ALIOHIP EY FA COMMODO CONSEOUẬT DUIS AUTE BERESPONSIBLE TA EV ESSEM STIE F FEU AC- CUMSAN ETIUSTO ODIO DIGNISSIM QUI BLANDIT PRAESENT LUPTATUM ZZRIL DEL- ENIT AUGUE DUIS DOLORE TE FEUGAIT NULLA FACILISI. NAM LIBER TEMPOR CUM SOLUTA NOBIS ELEIFENDORTION CONCUE NHL IVPIRDIET DOMING ID QUOD CLARITATEM INSITAM; JEM. INVESTIGATION ES MAZIM PLACERAT FACE YPI EST USUS LEGENTIS II EOR LM DEMONSTRAVERUNT LECTORES LEGERE ME LIUS QUOD II LEGUNT SAEPIUS. CLARI- TAS EST ETIAM PROCESSIJS DYNAMIUS QUL SEQUITIIR MUTATIONEM CONSUE- TUDIUM LECTORU PUTAMUS PARUM.C LOREM IPSUM DOLOR SIT AMEI, CONSECTETUER ADIPISCING ELIT, SED DIAM NON- UMMY NIBH EUISMOD TINCIDUNT UT LAOREET DOLORE MAGNA ALIQUAM ERAT SHOUTING. GOTHICA, QUAM NUNC MAS HUMANITATIS- Sources: http://machinesoflovinggrace.com/rems.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_personal_computers http://capsoff.org/history http://usenethelp.codeccorner.com/usenet.html http://news.cnet.com/oprah-gets-pwned-by-shaq-on-twitter/ http://capslockday.com/ http://thenextweb.com/socialmedia/2010/10/22/today-is-international-caps-lock-day-but-what-is-it/ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/6120532/Office-worker-sacked-for-writi ng-emails-in-block-capitals.html http://www.fonts.com/content/learning/fyti/situational-typography/all-caps http://colemak.com/ KNOCK TWICE Statistics provided by Nate Fanaro, @Capscop