How often do you actually use caps lock? Unless you're a PERPETUALLY ANGRY UNCLE, the answer is probably not much. It's odd, then, that caps lock takes up a huge amount of space on the keyboard; it's ...

Imagine yourself as a single cap on a keyboard. Perhaps you’re an oft-used letter like “A” or instead the lonely, remote “~” key. If you’re one of the former, you wince every time that giant hand ...

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Dear Heloise: I noted a recent hint to use different colored keys to reduce confusion when looking for a specific key. I would like to add that I have used what are called “key caps,” which come in a ...