MARCH 2020 • TECH ADVISOR 29the absurdity of it all. The butterfly keyboard was
introduced because the company became obsessed
with making its laptops thinner and thinner, but it got to
a point where usability was sacrificed to achieve those
goals. And the decisions about the Escape and arrow
keys were seemingly made without studying the user
base. The keyboard is the most vital of input devices,
so how could these changes not be carefully considered
in the first place? Apple has been making metal Mac
laptops for over 18 years; maybe this was a case of
taking the keyboard for granted.
Apple said that with this laptop, the company
studied the human factors involved to determine what
makes a good keyboard. So it deserves kudos for doingThe full-sized right and left
arrow keys are gone. It’s
back to the half-height keys