Another kb broken
WHY ARE YOU SCARED
I never really minded about all caps in years past. It was annoying trying to read usenet posts in all caps but that was simply because I’m not used to reading in caps.
But now – it really does feel like someone is shouting. I get the OCCASIONAL one where the word is in caps FOR EFFECT and I can understand that even though I don’t much like it. I can envision them hammering the keys just that bit harder as it to really make the point.
And sometimes it’s not just all caps, it’s a regular enquiry. No anger, no frustration, just a question. In great big letters. When I’ve replied I have sometimes pointed out that ALL CAPS is considered to be like shouting (MY FRIENDS NEVER SAID THAT) but I have yet to ask them to check their keyboard for a broken key. Hopefully I never do of course.
December 13, 2007 at 10:24 pm
IMO typing in capital letters is SHOUTING! And, it does seem that many young people in cyberspace frequently SHOUT or use txtspk. Both annoy me.
December 20, 2007 at 8:35 pm
Testing comment. 12-20-2:35 CST
January 1, 2008 at 3:51 pm
Mark, can you email me please?
February 16, 2009 at 6:50 pm
Maybe there could be some setting introduced for WP where it will check the the percentage of uppercase vs lowercase letters and reject thos with too many uppercase letters.
This way, you won’t have comments being rejected because a few words are in caps or being completely accepted because there’s one or two letters in lowercase whereas the rest of the message is in allcaps.
I know most people aren’t idiots, but the one or two really get to me. I can imagine what that must be on a daily basis.