[userbinator]

I know some people who use capslock instead of shift for producing even isolated capital letters, the idea being that hitting two keys in rapid succession, even if it means one more keystroke, could be easier than timing the hold and release of the shift key. The world's fastest typist apparently also uses the same technique:

http://seanwrona.com/typing.php (see "typing tips" section)

[madeofpalk]

I have a (journalist) friend who did this, but only because they didn't properly understand the shift key - she thought it only was used to access the alternate symbols on the number keys.

[bufordsharkley]

I've always wanted to remap a keyboard (and do whatever else) so I could hit numbers/symbols in a modal manner with Caps Lock.

I really, really hate chording.

[rwallace]

So do I. Good news, Windows has a feature called sticky keys that makes all the modal keys - shift, alt, ctrl - become modal.

[bufordsharkley]

Hmm, interesting. I'm running Ubuntu, so I feel that there must be a good way to hack into this myself (but honestly I'm not sure how to get started.)

[rconti]

My wife does this and it drove me insane when I first noticed. I think she avoids typing in front of me now :)

The toggle-vs-coordination of keystrokes actually makes a fair bit of sense though; its not like we type that many capital letters in an average sentence. For a password which might have a handful of caps, though, it slows you down.