iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus

Re:iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus by simondotau on Wednesday September 13, 2023 @06:14PM (#37502419)

I agree that the aluminium wired extended keyboard (A1243) is peak Apple keyboard and for over 15 years I used them on every device I owned, including Windows PCs. The Magic Keyboard isn't as good, but honestly I perform authentications often enough that integrated Touch ID is worth the marginal (IMHO) downgrade in key travel.

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Re:iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus by ShadowBanThis01 on Wednesday September 13, 2023 @10:53PM (#37504386)

I have a post-butterfly MBP and I too find the built-in Touch ID great. I thought it would be a gimmick, but I use it all the time. Touch ID is one of the big reasons I won't get rid of my original iPhone SE (with the headphone jack right behind it).

But the continued lack of a real Delete key on Apple's laptops is annoying as shit. It has always been stupid, because everybody else manages to put a Delete key on their keyboards no matter how small. But when the Eject key became obsolete, the failure to put a Delete key on every keyboard just proved that Apple hasn't abandoned the infantile pettiness that has marked a lot of its history.

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Re:iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus by simondotau on Saturday September 16, 2023 @10:25AM (#37535040)

You probably know this but you can remap Eject to Delete using Karabiner.

https://github.com/pqrs-org/Karabiner-Elements

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Re:iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus by ShadowBanThis01 on Sunday September 17, 2023 @01:26PM (#37547407)

Thanks! But actually... you can't. Apple put a HARDWARE delay on the Eject button. Another WTF move from Apple. Were people being killed by accidental CD ejections?

Regardless of the reason, Apple (per its M.O.) implemented a ridiculously complicated and crippling "solution" instead of simply making Eject a secondary function on some other key... like a Delete key.

So I have always had to use F12 for Delete (via Karabiner).

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Re:iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus by simondotau on Friday September 22, 2023 @08:00PM (#37619307)

That's insane. And it's indicative of the Apple approach to computing: do things exactly the way Apple wants and you'll have a brilliant time. (This is my approach when it comes to providing tech support for family. I steer them towards being model Apple citizens and they get great outcomes.)

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