Apple Keyboards New Anti-Jab Protection

Posted by Joel Johnson, October 5, 2007 1:17 AM | permalink

Apparently the new Apple keyboards attempt to mitigate accidental CAPS LOCK strikes by ignoring short key presses. Smart—I'm sure we'll see that in most new keyboards soon.

Jonathan Rentzsch tells his tale of discovery:

But I did notice something odd. I rarely use the Caps Lock key, but often accidently bang it, missing the left Shift key. I would feel the mistake while typing, but then I'd look down and see Caps Lock hadn't been engaged after all. Oh, I must have just imagined my mis-strike.

Over the next few weeks, this kept happening to the point where I started questioning reality. I was positive I hit it. This required scientifical investigation.

apple's antiCAPSLOCK [Rentzsch.com via Daring Fireball]

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#1 posted by Geno Z Heinlein , October 5, 2007 8:13 AM

OMG! Just REMOVE IT!!!

*sigh*

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#2 posted by Anonymous , October 5, 2007 10:52 AM

First thing I do with a new laptop or keyboard is pull off the Caps lock and Insert keys...

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#3 posted by Anonymous , October 5, 2007 1:11 PM

My HP laptop already does that. I think? I think it might be that I just dont tap it hard enough or im not sure cause I've noticed it before

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#4 posted by Anonymous , October 5, 2007 3:04 PM

I find that piece of gaffer's, or even electrical tape, applied to the caps lock key provides immediate tactile notification of this common error.

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#5 posted by Anonymous , October 7, 2007 7:25 AM

Just set Capslock to be a Control key. Makes it a lot more useful, plus it doesn't have a sticky state anymore so accidental presses aren't a problem.