iPad mini 4 on the top. iPad mini 6 on the bottom. I am way too old to ever get used to the idea of these two keys being switched. Is there any way to fix this?
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iPad mini Whose Brilliant Idea Was This?
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That’s hilarious. Just noticed that now too. Doesn’t bother me too much. I’m too old to use emojis anyway ?
Which one do you like? Give the other one to someone else.
Personally, I think it a great change. It’s much more easy to switch languages now. Number entries can done by swiping down on the top row.
IMO I like the mini 6 layout better, it was a good change..
The new layout is probably better, but I'd been typing on the old one for several years. I'm used to it. So now, when I want to type a bunch of numbers, I end up with the Thai keyboard and then have to switch to emojis and then back to English. I'm an old dog and new tricks aren't that easy to learn.
It is absolutely jarring. No question. It’s reversed on the iPhone, which most of us use. I think it’s a terrible decision by Apple to have an iPad with one keyboard setup and an iPhone with another.
the new one more closely resembles the iPad hardware keyboards though where the globe is on the lower left
That's how Apple rick-rolls its users. It would likely get reverted in the next update, but as another member said, it now resembles hardware keys. So, you might want to prepare yourself for a little muscle-memory retraining.
Yeah, I still hit the globe when I want to hit the number key. I would also like to have the option of changing the keyboard to the older style (ie Mini 4). If anyone knows how to do this, would be great to know~
I know your irritation! i have come from an iPad 2. And it’s driving me crackers.
I want numbers not ???? damn it!
Still it’s only been two weeks so far.
I want numbers not ???? damn it!
Still it’s only been two weeks so far.
Emojis should be disabled by default on all devices. It's dumbing down our communication and our society.
That’s nothing new, though. The builtin apps on iPhone and iPad have the same buttons in different places. Once you’ve build up muscle memory on one device you constantly get annoyed on the other. It’s been bugging me for many years.
I also wish the iPhone power button was still on the top like on the iPad.
You think that's bad, the left-side shift-key on my old MBP stopped working so I have had to overcome 30 years of muscle memory to use the right-side shift-key.