Its butterfly keyboard design has failed, but Apple has yet to admit its mistake

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Post by aaronbrethorst » Fri, Apr 19, 2019, 4:32 AM UTC

Its butterfly keyboard design has failed, but Apple has yet to admit its mistake
theoutline.com

Re: Its butterfly keyboard design has failed, but Apple has yet to admit its mistake

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Post by ajma » Fri, Apr 19, 2019, 5:05 AM UTC

hmm... am I alone in being someone who likes the butterfly keyboard?

Re: Its butterfly keyboard design has failed, but Apple has yet to admit its mistake

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Post by auggierose » Fri, Apr 19, 2019, 5:07 AM UTC

ajma wrote: post #2

hmm... am I alone in being someone who likes the butterfly keyboard?

no, you are not

Re: Its butterfly keyboard design has failed, but Apple has yet to admit its mistake

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Post by legohead » Fri, Apr 19, 2019, 5:10 AM UTC

ajma wrote: post #2

hmm... am I alone in being someone who likes the butterfly keyboard?

as long as it lasts, I enjoy it.

Re: Its butterfly keyboard design has failed, but Apple has yet to admit its mistake

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Post by Dylan16807 » Fri, Apr 19, 2019, 5:11 AM UTC

ajma wrote: post #2

hmm... am I alone in being someone who likes the butterfly keyboard?

Not at all. Even a lot of people that hate it, liked it for several months until it broke.

That doesn't say much about whether it's a good idea overall, though.

Re: Its butterfly keyboard design has failed, but Apple has yet to admit its mistake

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Post by jackconnor » Fri, Apr 19, 2019, 5:12 AM UTC

ajma wrote: post #2

hmm... am I alone in being someone who likes the butterfly keyboard?

I also hate it, but maybe it’s like music and it’s totally subjective.

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Post by ummonk » Fri, Apr 19, 2019, 5:16 AM UTC

ajma wrote: post #2

hmm... am I alone in being someone who likes the butterfly keyboard?

I haven't had too much trouble with it aside from a poorly responsive spacebar at one point. I still dislike it though, and don't really find any value in the extra thinness.

Re: Its butterfly keyboard design has failed, but Apple has yet to admit its mistake

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Post by sonofaplum » Fri, Apr 19, 2019, 5:17 AM UTC

ajma wrote: post #2

hmm... am I alone in being someone who likes the butterfly keyboard?

the article isn't about the feel of the keyboard, its about the reliability. Unless you are saying you like stuck keys?

Re: Its butterfly keyboard design has failed, but Apple has yet to admit its mistake

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Post by Dylan16807 » Fri, Apr 19, 2019, 5:19 AM UTC

“seven elements that every keyboard needs to create a great typing experience.” I have a hard time imagining what those seven elements are, because I get stuck at two: 1. Produces the characters 2. That I intended to type. These two attributes are also, incidentally, what the biggest and most-valuable tech companies in the world are somehow grappling with anew.

Oh come on. Having a keyboard that causes as little fatigue and soreness as possible over time is an unsolved and complicated problem. There's also noise to consider. And laptops don't have infinite room. These factors come after "does it make the characters?" but they are not unimportant.

Re: Its butterfly keyboard design has failed, but Apple has yet to admit its mistake

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Post by kalleboo » Fri, Apr 19, 2019, 5:25 AM UTC

ajma wrote: post #2

hmm... am I alone in being someone who likes the butterfly keyboard?

I like the sharpness of it and don't mind short travel.

I hate when I have to send my laptop in to Apple for 10 days to repair it because a speck of dust entered it.

So now I use a "keyboard condom" on it to keep dust out (despite Apple's explicit support article saying NOT to use one) and it's turned into the worst keyboard since the ZX80