Do we really need two shift keys?

[SomethingClever]

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Does anyone use the one on the right side of the keyboard?

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anyone who really types does. what do you do if you need to capitalize a Q W E R T A S D F Z X C G or V?

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I type 70-75 wpm and I don't think I've ever used the right shift key.

And I usually capitalize.

[CORed]

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Does anyone use the one on the right side of the keyboard?

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I do. But then, I learned how to type on a manual typewriter. With those, you had to snap your wrist as you hit the key to get enough force to make the bar hit the paper, so it wasn't really practical to use the same hand you were typing with to work the shift key. Also, it took some force and a fair amount of motion to get the shift key all the way down. If you didn't push the shift key all the way down, your capital letter would end up higher than the other letters in the line, or if you really missed, it, you ended up with the lower case letter lower that the rest of the line, or half a lower case letter below the line and half a capital above the line. When I first used electric typewriters, and later, computers, I would often catch myself snapping my wrist and banging the keys much harder than necessary.

[krimson]

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Does anybody else use their left hand to hit the Y key?

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Yes, I also only use the left shift key, even if typing a capital Z or Q.

[SackUp]

Did most of you just not have typing classes in school or what?

I think I started typing classes from around the 2nd or 3rd grade on so I could not imagine not using all ofthe keys correctly. It would be so much harder to type if you didn't use both shift keys.

I think you should all enroll in typing classes!

[Jordan]

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PS--Did keyboards always have two "Shift" keys? Because I remember some keyboards with very large "Enter" keys that was roughly the size of the "Enter" and "Shift" keys on my current keyboard.

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Yes, the large enter keys you remember came from not having a "|\" key. The second shift was there.

[Nicholasp27]

I ONLY use the right one

the left one is only good for crouching when playing half-life/max payne/etc

[JackWilson]

What's funny is that most people are saying you use the right one when capitalizing things with your left hand, whereas I still use it a lot, but I capitalize things on the left with my pinky on left shift and one of the fingers on my left hand hits the letter and the same on the right.

[chuddo]

i only the right shift key. my pinky is usually hovering just above it, mainly because i use my left hand for 70% of the keyboard and use my right thumb on my touchpade.

this way i can type and mouse around all from the same position.

[icepick]

I use both. Both under QWERTY, and on my Dvorak keyboard.

[Nicholasp27]

guess those that use their left hand for the 'y' key wouldn't like that keyboard