Really liking the new iOS 9 keyboard on my iPad and iPhone. The capitals versus small letters thing feels much more natural. And the two-finger track board thing is a much, much better way to select text and move the cursor around. (Hold two fingers on the keyboard to change it to a trackpad. Takes a little practice to just move the cursor and not select text.)
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iOS 9 keyboard: Nice!
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Just curious and not being critical, but how is it more natural? Every keyboard we've ever used our whole lives had fixed capital letters on it.
the fixed keyboard also has a capslock with a very distinctive indicator whether or not it's turned on.
you never knew what the status was of the capslock button on iOS.
Thanks SO MUCH! We just updated my phone today and I was really disliking the lower case lettering when typing and didn't realize I could go back. For me I couldn't standing the lettering on the keyboard changing back and forth all the time. Found it visually irritating. That doesn't happen naturally when you type on a keyboard. Glad they built the choice in.
I haven't had trouble telling if it was on or off given the color change of the button. Not quite sure why people have had that much of a hard time with it.
You must not be old enough to have typed on a real typewriter. No light to indicate if your Shift key was deployed or the all Caps engaged.
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Exactly, every fixed keyboard had capitals. Why copy that with an interactive keyboard that can change case depending on capitalization key. The whole lead in by Steve Jobs in 2007 during launch of iPhone was that fixed keys were limited. My point is this should have happened with the very first keyboard.
I freely admit 50/50 proposition challenge me. Is black arrow capital or is it white. Change the letters on each key and I never have to guess.
Well, electronic typewriters had a light, while mechanical hadn'tYou must not be old enough to have typed on a real typewriter. No light to indicate if your Shift key was deployed or the all Caps engaged.
With interactive keyboard, everyone can be happy. Accessibility settings you can change back to other style keyboard. You see this is a smart phone.
You can change it in settings if you want to go back to the old way.
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I should have said more intuitive, not natural. For me anyway. On a mechanical keyboard my brain knows what mode the keyboard is in by tactile feel and/or visual light signal cues. With the interactive keyboard I get that cue directly from the look of the key. Good that people have the choice.
Yep - it took 1 shot with the lower case letters for me to turn it off. The shift button is better, so good
With interactive keyboard, everyone can be happy. Accessibility settings you can change back to other style keyboard. You see this is a smart phone.
Yes, that is available. I was just pointing out that while some people have been talking about this being necessary for years seems like there are others who wanted it the old way just as much. That it wasn't a clear-cut obvious issue that everyone wanted assessed. Good that they did it in such a way that provides the option to people (which isn't something Apple does often when they change something).
You must not be old enough to have typed on a real typewriter. No light to indicate if your Shift key was deployed or the all Caps engaged.
Ah yes, that was back in the days when we got our fingers blackend by replacing those ribbons.