GoKawiilThe US has long been an outlier when it comes to Apple’s keyboards, using text labels for things like the tab, return and delete keys. The company has long been using glyphs instead of text for all of its keyboards in the rest of the world.
That has now changed, with Apple switching from text to glyphs in the latest US versions of the MacBook Air and MacBook Pro, and matching this in the new MacBook Neo. There are some exceptions, however, and a likely practical reason for this …
The MacBook keyboard changes
Dan Moren noted the change last week in his MacBook Air review at Six Colors.
Gone, in this generation (including the new MacBook Pros), are several keys’ text labels: tab, caps lock, return, shift, and delete. In each case, they’ve been replaced by glyphs, of the same kind long used for keyboard shortcuts in drop-down menus.
Those outside the US may have been puzzled by this comment, as that has been the case for a great many years. The US, however, was a holdout until now.
There are exceptions
Several keys have completely made the switch from text to glyphs:
Tab
Caps lock
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