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This is beyond laughable. I am genuinely so sad that they finally ruined the MBP. Watching him tap the auto-suggested words on the 'Touch Bar' is so sad. I h

This is beyond laughable. I am genuinely so sad that they finally ruined the MBP. Watching him tap the auto-suggested words on the 'Touch Bar' is so sad. I have a 3 year old MBP and I was looking forward to upgrading it, but not anymore.

m_fayer 10y ago
It's a consumer-level gimmick jammed into what's supposed to be a professional tool. Sad.
dkonofalski 10y ago
Wait... why is this laughable? It seems incredibly useful.
trcollinson 10y ago
It is beyond laughable? What exactly makes it laughable? Are you saying no consumer would want a customizable and context aware strip of buttons? Sure auto-suggested words might be useless for many of us who type exceptionally fast. But how about safari (or Chrome, or Firefox) navigation aware buttons? What about text formatting options? You can't think of any use for a context aware multi-touch haptic strip on the top of your keyboard? I have spent the better part of the last number of years trying to keep my hands ON the keyboard and AWAY from the mouse. This will allow me to do that in interesting new ways. I actually hope they make a full size external keyboard with the same functionality.
- soccerdave 10y ago
  Did you watch him typing an email and clicking the 'auto-suggested' words that were showing up? I do concede that there are some good uses for it though. When your hands are on the keyboard are you looking down at them to see where you are typing? Now you are going to take your eyes off the screen and see if the touch bar has something useful for you. I would imagine you are going to keep using the same keyboard shortcuts that you have used for years. [edited]
  - trcollinson 10y ago
    I sure did see him doing that. It's exactly the same auto-suggested functionality when typing an email on an iPad or a iPhone with the software keyboard or an iPad Pro with the smart keyboard. It's actually exactly the same functionality. I get it, it's on a laptop keyboard. He could have just typed that stuff. And the wording was funny. But it's a learning auto-suggest. With the iPad Pro I have found it strange how good it is at auto-suggesting what I often say in a conversation.
    - soccerdave 10y ago
      It makes sense to use on an iphone where typing is difficult, it doesn't make sense to touch any of those when i can type faster than reading those suggestions. That's obviously just my opinion.
    - dkonofalski 10y ago
      Apple is forcing everyone to use the auto-complete suggestions on the touch bar with the latest OS update so that's what all these people are mad about. /s
- WayneBro 10y ago
  The funniest part to me is just how AMAZED every presenter acts about using touch input with full desktop apps... as if they've invented something completely new and Microsoft and others haven't been doing this for years.
asenna 10y ago
But you can now look down on your keyboard and select emojis right from the touch bar! What's not to love?! It's been a dream come true for professionals. But seriously though, I kinda hate it but also think it could be useful in certain situations. Not sure what to make of it.

m_fayer 10y ago

It's a consumer-level gimmick jammed into what's supposed to be a professional tool. Sad.

dkonofalski 10y ago

Wait... why is this laughable? It seems incredibly useful.

trcollinson 10y ago

It is beyond laughable? What exactly makes it laughable? Are you saying no consumer would want a customizable and context aware strip of buttons? Sure auto-suggested words might be useless for many of us who type exceptionally fast. But how about safari (or Chrome, or Firefox) navigation aware buttons? What about text formatting options? You can't think of any use for a context aware multi-touch haptic strip on the top of your keyboard? I have spent the better part of the last number of years trying to keep my hands ON the keyboard and AWAY from the mouse. This will allow me to do that in interesting new ways. I actually hope they make a full size external keyboard with the same functionality.

soccerdave 10y ago
Did you watch him typing an email and clicking the 'auto-suggested' words that were showing up? I do concede that there are some good uses for it though. When your hands are on the keyboard are you looking down at them to see where you are typing? Now you are going to take your eyes off the screen and see if the touch bar has something useful for you. I would imagine you are going to keep using the same keyboard shortcuts that you have used for years. [edited]
- trcollinson 10y ago
  I sure did see him doing that. It's exactly the same auto-suggested functionality when typing an email on an iPad or a iPhone with the software keyboard or an iPad Pro with the smart keyboard. It's actually exactly the same functionality. I get it, it's on a laptop keyboard. He could have just typed that stuff. And the wording was funny. But it's a learning auto-suggest. With the iPad Pro I have found it strange how good it is at auto-suggesting what I often say in a conversation.
  - soccerdave 10y ago
    It makes sense to use on an iphone where typing is difficult, it doesn't make sense to touch any of those when i can type faster than reading those suggestions. That's obviously just my opinion.
  - dkonofalski 10y ago
    Apple is forcing everyone to use the auto-complete suggestions on the touch bar with the latest OS update so that's what all these people are mad about. /s
WayneBro 10y ago
The funniest part to me is just how AMAZED every presenter acts about using touch input with full desktop apps... as if they've invented something completely new and Microsoft and others haven't been doing this for years.

asenna 10y ago

But you can now look down on your keyboard and select emojis right from the touch bar! What's not to love?! It's been a dream come true for professionals. But seriously though, I kinda hate it but also think it could be useful in certain situations. Not sure what to make of it.