[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.)