Problems with MacBook butterfly switch keyboards
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Problems with MacBook butterfly switch keyboards
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Re: Problems with MacBook butterfly switch keyboards
#2What, you don't like hunting-and-pecking your function row?
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#3I despise my new Macbook's touchbar. I can't get to the volume button without stopping what I'm doing for 4-5 seconds to find the key, then press multiple buttons, I can't use the function keys, and it generally adds no value.
Re: Problems with MacBook butterfly switch keyboards
#4What, you don't like hunting-and-pecking your function row?
That's not at all what the article is about.
Re: Problems with MacBook butterfly switch keyboards
#5My work gave me one of the 2016 15" MBPs as my main computer, and the keyboard is horrible.
My V key double-presses about half the time, and the rest of the keys are really hard to press down all the way. Some of the keys make a weird metal rattle when I press them.
Typing on that wretched keyboard for more than an hour or so literally bruises my fingers.
Since I do most of my day-to-day work at a dock with an external keyboard, I'm debating whether it's bad enough that I need to fight with IT and be the one special snowflake with a PC instead. But it's bad enough that I'm seriously considering it.
The more I write about this keyboard, the angrier I get. >:(
And also seriously, fuck the touchbar. Who the hell decided that programmers don't need a functional ESC key or permanent function keys? And who the hell decided that I should have to fumble around and mash my already-bruised finger against a tiny glass icon to change my volume level? Just so Skype can show buttons that mimic the buttons already on the screen?
The user experience of the touchbar is objectively worse and adds no value. Most apps don't even use it, and the ones that do don't use it for anything interesting. And before long I'm sure it'll be playing advertisements at me.
Re: Problems with MacBook butterfly switch keyboards
#6I despise my new Macbook's touchbar. I can't get to the volume button without stopping what I'm doing for 4-5 seconds to find the key, then press multiple buttons, I can't use the function keys, and it generally adds no value.
Just use the buttons on your wired headphones which are equally compatible with your iPhone and Mac... oh, wait.
Re: Problems with MacBook butterfly switch keyboards
#7My work gave me one of the 2016 15" MBPs as my main computer, and the keyboard is horrible. My V key double-presses about half the time, and the rest of the keys are really hard to press down all the way. Some of the keys make a weird metal rattle when I press them. Typing on that wretched keyboard for more than an hour or so literally bruises my fingers. Since I do most of my day-to-day work at a dock with an extern…
I think cursor is the worst. why not cut off shift and do up and down proper keys.
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#8I‘m struggling as well since i have migrated from my 2015 macbook pro.
The new keyboards are not well suited for writing more than a few occassional sentences. I make more typing mistakes and am slower than before.
Worst keyboard since my whole life. Apple needs to improve this.
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#9I actually really like my 2017 MBP's keyboard. There isn't much key travel, but the keys do have a very satisfying "click." I prefer it over older apple keyboards. Keys do have issues weekly or so, but that's resolved by hitting the key a bunch; it's an inconvenience, but certainly not a dealbreaker.
Re: Problems with MacBook butterfly switch keyboards
#10My work gave me one of the 2016 15" MBPs as my main computer, and the keyboard is horrible. My V key double-presses about half the time, and the rest of the keys are really hard to press down all the way. Some of the keys make a weird metal rattle when I press them. Typing on that wretched keyboard for more than an hour or so literally bruises my fingers. Since I do most of my day-to-day work at a dock with an extern…
I think cursor is the worst. why not cut off shift and do up and down proper keys.
The up/down keys are the only issue I have with the new keyboard. I routinely manage to hit it wrong and the cursor doesn’t move. The rest of it I actually like, including the touchbar.