[bsimpson]

I'm surprised it's not easier to find HYPER key caps to replace CAPS.

I've been binding my caps to escape for a decade. There was a moment there where ChromeOS pointed out the vestigal nature of the caps key, and a blog post went viral in hacker circles about the history of the Hyper key. I ran Karabiner until Apple added ESC binding to Preferences.

I can chord Esc+A and ESC+S to Quick Open and Command Palette (respectively) in my editor, and then I get an easy escape key for the rest of the time.

[int_19h]

Caps Lock is very handy for all of us who need to switch between US English and our own native keyboard layout(s). That new button might also be repurposed for that eventually.