Like sibling, I also mapped capslock to control. I use ^[ instead of ESC and there are other control-<whatever> shortcuts that are extremely useful, so it gets more utility than ESC would.
Of course, then I bought a kinesis advantage2 keyboard and now suddenly every key is easy to press, even the cursor keys.
Of course, then I bought a kinesis advantage2 keyboard and now suddenly every key is easy to press, even the cursor keys.