![]() And, on top of that, I've also given it the □ screen reader combo, as I used to have it set on my PowerBook. What I've done here is give the right Option (Alt) key a second purpose as a (Numpad) Enter key, which I've gotten back into using as a quickly reachable confirm key. I've given them graphic looking names, to make them easier to pick out in the GUI. "description": "Contrast: Control ± □ ⇨ Control + Option + Command ±. "key_code": "display_brightness_increment", "key_code": "display_brightness_decrement", "description": "Fine Brightness: Command ± □ ⇨ Shift + Option ± □", "description": "Fine Volume: Command ± □ ⇨ Shift + Option ± □", "description": "Right Option alone ⇨ □ Enter", "description": "Shift + Backspace ⇨ Delete", "description": "Shift + Shift ⇨ Caps Lock", MacOS does have some minimal functionality-you can reorder the modifiers on individual keyboards-but nothing like as complimacated as I was looking for: Usually, I do all my key-swapping in the keyboards themselves. It was time for me to make my peace with Karabiner. After hitting that accursed ` key when reaching for left Shift for the hundredth goddamn time, I knew this built in keyboard was in sore need of some modding. Soarer's, TMK in my HHKB, QMK in my Kishy. That old muscle memory was flowing back!Īlright already Mu, what's all this got to do with Karabiner? I found myself hitting right Option when completing File > Save dialogs and the like. ![]() But here's the oddball: back in those days, Mac laptops had an Enter key over to the right of the spacebar. The old PowerBook's keyboard is sculpted-I still prefer the key shape to all these chiclets since-and has a lot more travel. They're less 'floppy', they've got tighter tolerances, and while they'll win no contests with Topre and all the other real keyboards I love, they're passable for a slim laptop, and just as reliable.īut this Apple/ISO layout keeps reminding me of my 2003 PowerBook, my first Mac. I like these new ones much more than Apple's previous scissor-switch. The relevant comparison for me was with my 7 year old 15" MacBook Pro. Minimal keyfeel aside-thump-thump-thump-those butterfly laptops were aptly named when it came to reliability, so I skipped them entirely. ΜBook G4.jpg (243.68 KiB) Viewed 86135 timesĪs far as laptops go, the Air's keyboard is obviously much better than those from the horrific "Butterfly" era.
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