Keyboard “return” button

AnitaRataic wrote:

it just needs to say “next row” or something like that

I don't know of any computers, tablets, or phones with keys labeled that way, although Windows uses "Enter" instead of Apple's "Return." For some more info on the subject, check out this page.

Do you have a legitimate technical question for this community?

This is not a social media site. We're not here to have long philosophical discussions on the philosophy of how a typewriter should work in some alternate reality.

I'm not sure what you think I need to understand? I'm likely much older than you might think. I haven't used a typewriter in decades. I'm perfectly capable of understanding the return button takes me to a new line. Not sure what more I need to understand?

AnitaRataic wrote:

The click mechanism takes you to a new line, the handle itself takes you to the beginning of the row.

When you use the handle to "return" the carriage, going to a new line is automatically included. Isn't this the same behavior as the "return" key, at least when composing text?

Not that my age is any of your business, but I'm 66. And what you're describing is EXACTLY what the carriage return on an old timey mechanical typewriter does.

So, what exactly is your point and why are we discussing this to begin with? Your assertion the keyboard on iPhone/iPad should say "Next Row" as opposed to Return, serves no (in my opinion) useful purpose. Return takes you to the next row. One word simplicity.

Feel free to suggest this to Apple via

http://www.apple.com/feedback

I kind of like the term "return" myself, since it mostly does the same thing as the carriage return on my typewriter

I have to say in my opinion “click” is simpler and easier to understand than “return” because I’m not returning anywhere by clicking it but actually the opposite- going forward.

Exactly what function do you want it to have?

I want the 4 minutes of my life back I wasted on this benign topic.