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rgoultertoday at 2:49 PM1 replyview on HN

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The downside from the 'state' from Caps Lock is you have to keep track of whether it's active or not.

Whereas with layers, typically a layer will only be active if you're holding down some kind of "activate layer" key.


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drivers99today at 3:15 PM

Jef Raskin called those "quasimodes" in The Humane Interface (2000) and was in favor of them.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mode_(user_interface)#Quasimod...