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It really is one of those sub-optimal designs that you dont really think about, until you do think about it, and then it makes no sense!

At one point Apple did make one keyboard with the CTRL key in the correct place!

The CAPSLOCK key is, for me, the most useless key.

Who uses it and why! LOL

I should really remap CAPSLOCK be CTRL on my Mac, but I dont use CTRL that often and prefer just to roll with the stock defaults most of the time.

EDIT: I quickly Binged the Mac keyboard I was thinking of, and got this result:

* https://controlaltbackspace.org/ctrl/

> There’s a better place to put it, right on a large, easy-to-press key that you rarely use: Caps Lock. A few keyboards throughout the years have gotten this right, like Apple’s Standard Keyboard for the Macintosh II and SE:



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