Mac.LTL

Tactile feedback is the biggest reason I always hear about the benefit of a physical keyboard.  I’m starting to like virtual keyboards more and more as I continue to get use to them and use them more often.  I actually do think virtual keyboards may replace the physical keyboards in the future.  I think it may be hard to get away from the physical keyboard because people have gotten so use to them.  I really like how my virtual keyboard can easily switch and change to other characters and languages so easily.  The autocorrect is usually good enough to fix most of my mistakes.  And I found it’s actually easier to type on a virtual keyboard in awkward physical situations like if I’m cramped on a train and have to press one of the keys at an awkward angle.

But another reason for liking virtual keyboards just occurred to me.  Virtual keyboards don’t get dirty and gross with lint, dust, hair, and crumbs under the keys.  I had to clean a keyboard today and it just realized I never have to do that with a virtual keyboard since it’s a flat surface.  So much easier to clean.  So that’s just one small benefit to the virtual keyboard over the physical keyboard I wanted to put out there.