cpsro

Sony WH-1000XM4 headphones sense and adjust the sound 700 times per second vs. AirPods Max 200 times per second. Both are likely comparable at eliminating jet plane rumble, but the Sony delves well into the human voice range and other ambient sounds for noise cancellation.

Xed said:

cpsro said:

Xed said:

cpsro said:

It bugs me that many traditional Apple Mac applications (Mail, Calendar, Contacts) under Big Sur have been redesigned for a touch interface, with extra space added to make it easier to select items unambiguously with one’s fingers, but the space is completely wasted because nobody has a touch screen Mac. On a 13” screen, the inefficiency is even more pronounced. A lot of people are working significantly less efficiently now, for no good reason. Apple needs to provide an option to revert to prior spacing.

Why do you think this is the case?

Why do I think what is the case?

You don't understand your original statement claiming macOS Big Sur was redesigned for a touch interface? 

Thanks for clarifying, as I made several statements. As for being designed for touch, IMHO there is no other plausible explanation for Apple to space items out so much except that touch Macs (or the equivalent) are imminent (my guess is March). Menubar icons seemed to be the first target of public criticism because everyone sees them and they are spaced too widely tor no apparent good reason. Double-spaced contacts in Contacts might not elicit much notice because people often search for specific contacts rather than scrolling through the entire list (which now consumes twice the height and takes twice as long to scroll through). Most people might have been thrilled to see the iPad-like design for Mail—which was (spoiler alert) designed for touch—and consequently overlooked the future implications for Mac hardware. Me, though, I’ve got tons of email to wade through each day and find the classic macOS List view tor messages far more efficient. The single spacing of messages in the classic List view is too tight for a touch UI—too difficult to select a message of interest. It’s terribly irritating to see such wasted space. Toolbar icons are also too widely spaced—except to accommodate touch. And did I mention the thin, barely legible fonts in Big Sur Mail’s List view? Ugh.

For a light portable keyboard, my absolute favorite is the Lenovo (née IBM) Traveling Keyboard with Trackpoint and Bluetooth. It’s very thin and light, has a good feel, and TrackPoint is most efficient for my purposes.
Of less portable models, after trying many keyboards (including the Keychron K2), my preference is for keyboards with TOPRE keys like Realforce and Fujitsu Happy Hacking KBs. My current preference is the HHKB Hybrid Type S.
I just wish Fujitsu would make a ten-keyless TOPRE KB that was more Mac friendly, with dedicated function keys, say, like the M1 MacBook Air’s keyboard.

It bugs me that many traditional Apple Mac applications (Mail, Calendar, Contacts) under Big Sur have been redesigned for a touch interface, with extra space added to make it easier to select items unambiguously with one’s fingers, but the space is completely wasted because nobody has a touch screen Mac. On a 13” screen, the inefficiency is even more pronounced. A lot of people are working significantly less efficiently now, for no good reason. Apple needs to provide an option to revert to prior spacing.