Charles Moore

Charles Moore (1951-2018) was a well known freelance writer who lived in Nova Scotia, Canada who wrote about the Mac for over 20 years — with a special emphasis on mobile computing from the vintage PowerBook to the current generation of the MacBook and iPad — and his column, “The ‘Book Mystique,” had been a weekly feature on MacPrices since 2011 until his untimely passing in 2018 due to health complications.

How Apple Is Making Us (At Least Me) Rethink Portable Computing Keyboards

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I had an epiphany recently that altered my heretofore almost entirely negative opinion of on-screen virtual keyboards. It was not an original thought, but catalyzed by a CultofMac blog Mike Elgan posted entitled “How Apple Has Launched A New Wave Of Overdue Keyboard Evolution.” Like me, Elgan was among the legions of tech commentators expressing skepticism about Apple’s decision to go with a virtual keyboard […]