That was my initial impression as well; the keys are nice and big, but you can't feel the edges. Perhaps with some reference dots it'd be doable, but I'm not sure. My first thought was something like, "I could love this keyboard if only I could feel the keys better." I'm sure it looks visually wonderful, and the new key design lets users press anywhere on the key so that it made less sense to markedly separate them. It just kills touch typing, at least in my quick tests. I can't give a fair statement, of course, without having used it for a week or two, and unless someone wants to donate $1200 to me, that won't happen anytime soon. <smile> > On Aug 6, 2015, at 2:25 PM, Matthew Dierckens <matt.dierck...@me.com> wrote: > > Hi Gary, > I've seen the new 12 inch macbook, I've typed on it for a long period of > time, and I didn't like the experience too much. I too had trouble locating th > God bless.e keys, and found that I still had to stop and count keys as they > were too close together. > > Matthew Dierckens > Certified Assistive Technology Specialist > Macintosh, Windows and IOS Trainer > U.S. number: 573-401-1018 > Personal Email: matt.dierck...@me.com > > On Aug 6, 2015, at 13:57, Garry Turkington <gat.acc...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi, > > Has anyone spent time with the new 12" MacBook? If so how are you > finding the keyboard? > > Playing with one in the Apple Store I found it really difficult to use > -- the keys are a good size but there is very little space between > them and I was finding it actually a little hard to always detect the > key edges when typing and in particularly when sliding across the > keyboard. I think the keys are also quite flat so even the transition > between bottom row of keys/space bar/top of trackpad tripped me up a > few times. > > I am quite tall so standing at the table in the store was a really > odd typing angle so maybe that was it but curious if anyone else who > relies on touch typing -- more than sighted users has had similar or > different experiences? > > It's a shame because I love the form factor of that thing. :) > > Garry > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
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