[X4U] Sticky Shift key?

[John Erdman]

Actually, that was my first thought for a diagnosis. I didn't start  
thinking it was possibly a machine related issue until I found out  
that my wife, who is an excellent typist, also has the same problem.  
If I type slowly and consciously, I never have the problem... which  
is why I assumed it was me.

It must be US however. As I type this, I tried to duplicate the  
double capitalization. And I can't reproduce the effect, no matter  
how fast I typed the second letter after releasing the shift key.

Guess I need to make an appointment with Mavis.

Thanks for the input.

John


> On 17 Nov 2007, at 18:48, John Erdman wrote:
>> The problem:  Both of them are plagued with a sticky shift key.  
>> What I mean by that is that at the beginning of a sentence, the  
>> first two letters will be capitalized. It happens about 25% of the  
>> time. ONe machine is equipped with a Matias TActile pro keyboard  
>> and the other with the KB that was sent with the machine.
>> ...
>> 	It mostly happens when I type fast. But I don't believe that my  
>> finger is residing unnecessarily long on the shift key.... It's  
>> just that the return to un-shifted condition does not appear to be  
>> instantaneous. I've lived with this for a while now and just  
>> discovered that my wife has the same problem.... and she's a much  
>> better typist than me. There must be some sorta control that I'm  
>> missing.   Can anybody steer me in the right direction?
>
> Hi John,
>
> I'm not being funny, or anything, but* can you get the same  
> behaviour with someone else typing?
>
> A customer of mine is next week getting a laptop keyboard replaced  
> by Dell because she noticed that I had the same problem as her when  
> I came to set the machine up for her. We both found ourselves  
> having to go back and edit because words were left uncapitalised -  
> obviously the shift key was a little insensitive, as it worked fine  
> when we made a conscious effort using it.
>
> Your case seems different, as you seem to get the problem with two  
> different keyboards on two different machines. I'm not being funny,  
> or anything, but it occurs to me that it's possible your might find  
> your problem eventually resolved by the attention of an experienced  
> typing instructor.
>
> Stroller.