Re:The MacBook keyboard fiasco is way worse than Apple thinks
by criddell on Tuesday April 02, 2019 @11:31AM
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The touchbar as a pro feature always seemed a little odd to me. Aren't pro users the ones that are going to learn all of the keyboard commands? If anybody is going to make heavy use of function keys, it's pro users, right?
It feels like consumers are the users that would like to look down from the screen to see a small second touchscreen.
Re:The MacBook keyboard fiasco is way worse than Apple thinks
by scriptkiddy on Tuesday April 02, 2019 @11:43AM
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> I don't like the change to the arrow keys though, I keep fumbling with them.
They should fire whoever designed the arrow key layout. The up and down keys(the ones used most often) are super tiny. I regularly find myself wanting to hit up and accidentally hitting down or left.
The touchbar is dumb and should just go. No physical escape key is such a braindead move it makes me lose respect for Apple.
Magsafe I'm kind of mixed on. Magsafe was awesome, but it also got super hot -- so hot that I'd have to change how I was sitting on the bed or couch. Haven't had that problem with the USB one.
The lack of ports is dumb too. My previous macbook was plenty light -- I don't need a thinner/lighter laptop. But thank god they left in the audio jack.
The ginormous trackpad is another braindead move. Do all Apple designers have tiny hands?