Scott, This may be exactly why I think Sierra and iOS 10 is leaps ahead.
One comment I read today here reminds me of a tagline I read many years ago. Its something like "only KGB keyboards have no Escape key".
From E.T.'s Keyboard... Without H2O there is no life! ancient.ali...@icloud.com On 10/26/2016 2:23 PM, Scott Granados wrote:
David, I remember seeing a Steve Jobs presentation that confirms exactly what you state. I was still in San Francisco which makes me think it was around 2010 or so where he mentioned that the goal was to unify the Mac, Phone and all other devices around the same software and style. I think you’re dead on right with this one.On Oct 26, 2016, at 1:14 PM, David Griffith <daj.griff...@gmail.com> wrote: I use the escape key frequently in the shortcut key sequences for the shut down options. However the removal of the escape key does not surprise me at all as Apple are clearly on a direction of travel. For years now Apple has followed a strategy of transferring technologies and techniques from their phones to Macs. This seem likely then to, as on their phones, see the increasing removal of all mechanical parts on Macs. To my mind the disappearance of all the specialist keys apart from possibly the basic Qwerty set is pretty inevitable given the travel of their thought. Obviously speculation but I think intelligent speculation given their record. It will be a little in the future but I believe that they would probably want to eventually get rid of even the Qwerty keyboard, possibly accomodating touch typists by using virtual keys in much the same way as the home button has been recently replaced by a virtual version on the iPhone 7. You would have a nice pretty smooth look not spoilt by the "old fashinoned" look of technology with keyboards. the argument will be everybody will be dictating anyway. . I can hear the debate now. "Old fashioned" touch typists who had an issue with this would probably be invited to use a bluetooth keyboard in the same way as they do on their phones. I personally will not be buying one of these in the future when they arrive, or if I did , I would immediately attach a proper keyboard. David Griffith On 26/10/2016 17:40, Kliphton Miller wrote:Honestly, who uses an escape key anyway. I was just sitting here thinking, and I couldn't think of 1 thing I actually use the escape key for. Windows yes, but not on OSX. JMO Miller Family Without Christ there is no life! On Oct 26, 2016, at 4:23 AM, Simon Fogarty <si...@blinky-net.com> wrote: I'm starting to lose faith in apple, These things sound like going to far, But then hey, I had no issues with the headphone jack going... Guess this is a wait and see situation. I just want a quad core processor in my mac book air and `32gig ram with 1tb ssd I'll be happy even with a 13 inch device and those specs. -----Original Message----- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Mary Otten Sent: Wednesday, 26 October 2016 1:45 PM To: macvoiceo...@freelists.org; macvisionaries@googlegroups.com; mac4thebl...@freelists.org Subject: No more hardware escape key on upcoming MacBooks I just saw an article talking about how you can re-map and existing key, such as control, caps lock, command or option, to take the place of the escape key which is going away on the new MacBooks to be revealed on Thursday. There will still be that functionality on the new magic track bar or whatever they're calling it. But if you are a person who wants to have a hardware escape key, you will have to remap an existing key to get it. For those of you who use caps lock for voiceover, good luck. I have no idea how that Mike coexist with this new functionality. Or you're stuck with the new magic track bar and it's soft functionality. Could be interesting. Mary Sent from my iPhone-- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: macvisionaries+modera...@googlegroups.com and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.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 https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
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