Hi Matt/Alex, Thanks for the input (pardon the pun). I had hoped I was being too negative about the keyboard on the MacBook and maybe it was "just me".
As Alex says not something worth a thousand-plus of your currency of choice experiment if it proves to be difficult long term. A real shame, the machine is a perfect fit for my business travel needs. I'll have another play at an Apple Store but will try to leave the rose-coloured virtual glasses at home. Regards Garry On 8/6/15, Alex Hall <mehg...@icloud.com> wrote: > 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. > > > -- > Have a great day, > Alex Hall > mehg...@icloud.com > > -- > 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.
