Apple expected to adopt keyboard with scissor mechanism for 16-inch MacBook Pro

Re:Apple expected to adopt keyboard with scissor mechanism f... by jackpeterfletch on Friday July 26, 2019 @08:31AM (#20534242)

I can understand why they felt the need to change up how the function row worked.

From a UX perspective what they do is opaque and application dependent. To learn what they do in each context you do have to go out of your way.

Though I wonder if it'd have worked better if they were still tactile buttons individual panels on them, so the application can reprint them with their actual function name.

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Re:Apple expected to adopt keyboard with scissor mechanism f... by kgwgk on Friday July 26, 2019 @08:44AM (#20534324)

I remember when some software came with stickers or cutouts to put on/around function keys.

Keys-with-panels may be too difficult/expensive and the single row is also more flexible (allows for sliders, for example). But I’ve not really used these keyboards, I don’t know how well do they work.

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