alt Hacker NewsIgnorant backwards compatibility cult in a nutshell: instead of retaining the same muscle memory or, if the keys moved, having a similarly ergonomic combo, the nominal labels are preserved, defeating the original design purpose. Same with ⌃ being a pinky not retained when ⇪ replaced it
> Same with ⌃ being a pinky not retained when ⇪ replaced it
Any time I get a new computer, one of the very first things that I do is remap Caps Lock to Ctrl for exactly this reason. I literally never use Caps Lock, but my pinky hits it all the time.