Timeline for Why do some users complete forms all in capital letters?
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| Apr 21, 2016 at 20:23 | comment | added | pspahn | Anyone using the computer system here, while not DOS (it's HP-UX), is forced to use ALL CAPS for all input. The majority of work being done simply requires it. If someone spends 90% of their day working in ALL CAPS, it stands to reason that when they happen on a web page input, they start typing and it just happens to be in ALL CAPS. They've filled out most of the form and just don't care about case. Additionally, when they return to the program that requires ALL CAPS, if they've turned CAPSLOCK off, their input is now invalid and they have to go back and fix it. | |
| S Dec 12, 2014 at 19:55 | history | suggested | David Richerby | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
Normal is mixed case, not lower.
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| Dec 12, 2014 at 18:47 | comment | added | DA01 | @DavidConrad not directly, but indirectly: a lot of DOS-era enterprise systems required data entry in ALL CAPS format, hence the ALL CAPS key was typically left on. | |
| Dec 12, 2014 at 18:40 | comment | added | David Conrad | DOS doesn't have anything to do with the CAPS LOCK key being on permanently. | |
| Dec 12, 2014 at 18:05 | history | edited | DA01 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
added 1028 characters in body
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| Dec 12, 2014 at 17:57 | history | answered | DA01 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |