I’ve never been the biggest fan of Apple’s default virtual keyboard for the iPad. Despite sharing the same DNA as the iPhone keyboard — which revolutionized touch-based language input back in 2007 — I feel as though the iPad version fails to take advantage of the tablet form factor (and the larger display canvas it provides) in any meaningful way.
Yes, the iPad offers both a split-style and a miniaturized keyboard layout for more comfortable in-hand use, which I appreciate, but it’s missing a crucial component of the typing experience: a full-sized mode that mimics a standard, full-blown physical keyboard layout.
On my 12-inch Surface Pro, by comparison, this isn’t an issue. The software keyboard that ships out-of-the-box offers a bespoke Traditional layout,…
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