Typical All Blacks supporter. Blind to the truth 
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Most computer keyboards that predated microcrap were arranged with Ctrl where the CAPS lock key is because of the fact that the Ctrl key was used a lot and ergonmically it makes more sense to put it where it was for a computer keyboard.
Along comes IBM which of course had the Selectric typewriter. On those the shift/caps lock system was a mechanical interlock which required the caps lock key to be above the shift key which when pressed in unison the caps lock key would lock down the shift key thus putting you in upper case. Great for the mechanical engineers having to design the system. Shame about ergonomics. Typists just got used to it (it is the same with the QWERTY layout - mechanical engineers got lazy and forced the rest of us to adapt to their slack mechanical design skills).
Of course with IBM wanting to corner the PC market and thinking they had to keep their Selectric typewriter customer base they chose to move the control key from its far more useful place for a computer user to its ergonomically difficult place below the shift key. Invariably I hack my keyboards so the control key ends up back in its rightful place for a computer keyboard (or I hook up my old Sun kb
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Bottom line, marketing and poor mechanical design won over decent ergonomics.
.Most computer keyboards that predated microcrap were arranged with Ctrl where the CAPS lock key is because of the fact that the Ctrl key was used a lot and ergonmically it makes more sense to put it where it was for a computer keyboard.
Along comes IBM which of course had the Selectric typewriter. On those the shift/caps lock system was a mechanical interlock which required the caps lock key to be above the shift key which when pressed in unison the caps lock key would lock down the shift key thus putting you in upper case. Great for the mechanical engineers having to design the system. Shame about ergonomics. Typists just got used to it (it is the same with the QWERTY layout - mechanical engineers got lazy and forced the rest of us to adapt to their slack mechanical design skills).
Of course with IBM wanting to corner the PC market and thinking they had to keep their Selectric typewriter customer base they chose to move the control key from its far more useful place for a computer user to its ergonomically difficult place below the shift key. Invariably I hack my keyboards so the control key ends up back in its rightful place for a computer keyboard (or I hook up my old Sun kb
).Bottom line, marketing and poor mechanical design won over decent ergonomics.
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