Of course, caps lock has some practical uses for niche groups. Programmers might like to write bits of code in all caps. Television stations tend to use caps in their headlines and news tickers. But the many needn't suffer for the needs of the few. I don't know whether Google plans to have a software caps lock, but that would be fine if it's hidden far from the sight of your average comment spammer

Frankly, I didn't want to be so harsh in this blog post. It's much cooler to play the contrarian. An article along the lines of "In Defense of Caps Lock" would be a fascinating read, but I certainly won't be the one to write it.

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