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I love how they boasted about bringing back the regular keyboard. Even though they're solving a problem them created.
by awill 5y ago
I love how they boasted about bringing back the regular keyboard. Even though they're solving a problem them created.
- rstupek 5y agoDamned if they do, damned if they don't? Sounds to me like they listened and changed course.
- thuccess129 5y agoStill have not solved the tinytiny inverted Tee arrow keys arrangement. Need to improve on the former IBM's 6-key cluster below the right shift key, or arrange full keysized arrows in a cross pattern breaking out of the rectangle at the lower right corner.
- airstrike 5y agoI think the parent comment is taking issue with how they frame it, not with the actual decision
- pb7 5y agoWhat are they supposed to say? "We're sorry we tried something new and it didn't work out?"
- markdog12 5y agoYes?
- airstrike 5y ago"We listened to you and brought back the functions keys–and made them full size!" That's just my half-assed stab at it. Presumably someone whose job is to write these things for a living can improve it meaningfully while maintaining the essence.
- pb7 5y agoThey said pretty much this minus the "we listened to you" part. I don't know why you need a pat on the back. Are you going to send them a thank you card for every thing they do right? It's a company dude, Apple is not your buddy. They're not listening to you, they're listening to market research and usage analytics.
- kelnos 5y agoYes, but instead of acting like bringing back the regular keyboard is an amazing achievement, they could instead just admit that the touch bar wasn't a good idea. But admitting errors is not the Apple Way.
- RandallBrown 5y agoThey were "boasting" about making the function keys taller.
- reaperducer 5y agoWhich makes sense because some of the earlier MacBook keyboards with physical keys, like the one I'm using right now, had half-height keys.
- sxg 5y agoHow are they supposed to frame it? “Sorry we messed up the keyboard. We’re putting a regular one back in.” Doesn’t seem like great phrasing for launching a new product.
- Grustaf 5y agoThey didn't boast. Saying many people prefer hardware keys is closer to admitting a mistake than boasting.