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Re: For Science: WhichShiftButton.com

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Post by nbertram »

pavel_lishin wrote: post #4
eqdw wrote: post #2

Idea: Instead of asking for someone's vote, have them type out a paragraph and measure which shift they use

Does javascript differentiate between left and right shift? edit: Looks like it doesn't care. Interesting fact, if you bind an "keydown" event to something, it will fire when you hit caps lock to turn it on, but not to turn it off.

Haven't found a way to do it with JS - I don't think it's possible. Apparently you can do it with Java http://download.oracle.com/javase/1.4.2/docs/api/java/awt/ev...

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Post by hollerith »

pavel_lishin wrote: post #9
stevelosh wrote: post #5

If you use a Mac and want to force yourself to use the correct shift keys, I threw together a KeyRemap4Macbook config that will disable letters typed with the wrong shift: http://forr.st/~LXx

Pray tell, which ones are the "correct" ones?

For keys you press with the left hand, the right shift key is the correct one, and vice versa.

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Post by gte910h »

pavel_lishin wrote: post #9
stevelosh wrote: post #5

If you use a Mac and want to force yourself to use the correct shift keys, I threw together a KeyRemap4Macbook config that will disable letters typed with the wrong shift: http://forr.st/~LXx

Pray tell, which ones are the "correct" ones?

You're not supposed to push two keys with the same hand at once (it's called chording, and its especially bad when done with weak fingers).

The correct shift key is the one on the opposite hand.

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Post by alecperkins »

44Aman wrote: post #12

Pretty much always use left shift. The right one seems unnatural, somehow.

Same. I think in my case it's from playing first-person-shooters. With my right hand on the mouse, the left-shift key is the only option.

PS I feel compelled to go on record and say I'm very disappointed the 'For Science' badge is an image.

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Post by wccrawford »

nlawalker wrote: post #16

Am I the only one that had a typing class where they taught that you press the Shift key with the hand you're not using to type the letter you want? Example: K = left shift, R = right shift.

I can use either one, but I have to -think- to use the correct one... So I don't. It's much faster to simply stretch my fingers.

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Post by phaylon »

wccrawford wrote: post #18
nlawalker wrote: post #16

Am I the only one that had a typing class where they taught that you press the Shift key with the hand you're not using to type the letter you want? Example: K = left shift, R = right shift.

I can use either one, but I have to -think- to use the correct one... So I don't. It's much faster to simply stretch my fingers.

I do the same. I sometimes try to use the correct ones, but it isn't made much easier by the fact that some keys are easier shift-pressed with one hand. I'd feel weird using the left shift key to get a "_" when the right shift key is directly next to the "-/_" one.
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