Submitted by Jachulczyk t3_y9pezy in MechanicalKeyboards
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bgkendall t1_it82z06 wrote
No it’s real! This layout is used on the keyboards for the 11″ and smaller iPads.
The UK version is a bit more logical: https://store.storeimages.cdn-apple.com/4668/as-images.apple.com/is/MQDP3B?wid=2000&hei=2000
sledge812 t1_it83fkv wrote
I am speechless. Their previous version (for the 2018 iPad Pro 10.5”) wasn’t doing stupid things like that.
bgkendall t1_it8cxxf wrote
I think that even though the screen got larger, the decrease in bezel size meant that the overall width available for the keyboard was smaller.
sledge812 t1_it8d9w0 wrote
Right. The difference between the two models is that TouchID got replaced by FaceID so they indeed lost about 1U from the keyboard width.
bgkendall t1_it8dufd wrote
They probably should have made all three keys ⅔U, or made Backslash the 1U key rather than this abomination!
bgkendall t1_it8ea80 wrote
Apple’s hardware design team — I guess they were holding a grudge from giving in on an inverted-T for the arrows instead of full-height left and right (which looks better, but is harder to use in practice).
Nepomuk_Pepper t1_it9673f wrote
As you can imagine - the German/ISO version is even worse.
SoRaang t1_it7mo75 wrote
What monster made this