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"Feels like typing on an iPad" is so far from the truth it's laughable. Maybe try actually using one (and for more than 30 seconds) before spouting off about it

by nicky0 10y ago

"Feels like typing on an iPad" is so far from the truth it's laughable. Maybe try actually using one (and for more than 30 seconds) before spouting off about it. I'm typing this on a "butterfly-v1" right now. I (subjectively, I know) prefer it to the old MBP/Air keyboard. The travel is less but it has a very crisp and positive feel. It's not bad at all.

idlewords 10y ago
I spent three days trying to type on a MacBook before my hands hurt too much to continue. I returned the computer. "Typing on an iPad" is an accurate description of how that keyboard felt to me. Clearly some people like this keyboard design, while others do not. It's not helpful to dismiss opinions about it out of hand.
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- nicky0 10y ago
  I was referring to the poster I replied to, who had (it seemed, though reading again I might be wrong) not actually used one but was parroting hyperbole they had heard elsewhere. We have a general problem right now of an echochamber of loud and uninformed opinions on something almost nobody has actually even seen or touched.
- rhinoceraptor 10y ago
  And what really stings is that the iPad Pro keyboard cover is actually a better keyboard with more travel than the ones on the new Macbooks.
maratc 10y ago
I touch-type, and my touch sense replaces my eyes when my fingers are navigating the keyboard. E.g. to find the Cmd button, place your thumb on the Space bar and move it sideways until you cross the gap to the next button. That would be Cmd. But the keys on the new keyboard are so flat that I can't sense the gap by touch alone. This is akin to blinding me. Also, the inverted-T arrow keys are gone. I used the feeling of aluminum as a hint to position my right hand over the arrow keys. No more aluminum space, so I can't tell between right-Alt and left-arrow by touch anymore, so now I mix between them. These two were the reasons why I hated the new Magic Keyboard and threw it away after a month of non-stop cursing. Having said that, I don't care about the amount of travel.

by nicky0 10y ago

idlewords 10y ago

I spent three days trying to type on a MacBook before my hands hurt too much to continue. I returned the computer. "Typing on an iPad" is an accurate description of how that keyboard felt to me. Clearly some people like this keyboard design, while others do not. It's not helpful to dismiss opinions about it out of hand.

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nicky0 10y ago
I was referring to the poster I replied to, who had (it seemed, though reading again I might be wrong) not actually used one but was parroting hyperbole they had heard elsewhere. We have a general problem right now of an echochamber of loud and uninformed opinions on something almost nobody has actually even seen or touched.
rhinoceraptor 10y ago
And what really stings is that the iPad Pro keyboard cover is actually a better keyboard with more travel than the ones on the new Macbooks.

maratc 10y ago

I touch-type, and my touch sense replaces my eyes when my fingers are navigating the keyboard. E.g. to find the Cmd button, place your thumb on the Space bar and move it sideways until you cross the gap to the next button. That would be Cmd. But the keys on the new keyboard are so flat that I can't sense the gap by touch alone. This is akin to blinding me. Also, the inverted-T arrow keys are gone. I used the feeling of aluminum as a hint to position my right hand over the arrow keys. No more aluminum space, so I can't tell between right-Alt and left-arrow by touch anymore, so now I mix between them. These two were the reasons why I hated the new Magic Keyboard and threw it away after a month of non-stop cursing. Having said that, I don't care about the amount of travel.