3 ms·

If you're questioning things that much, why have keyboard shortcuts at all? >Anything with sliders, precision will not be fun on that. Why wouldn't it offer p

by scottmf 10y ago

If you're questioning things that much, why have keyboard shortcuts at all? >Anything with sliders, precision will not be fun on that. Why wouldn't it offer precision? People do the same with trackpads right now. And multitouch on this thing looks far more useful than with a trackpad. >Placement changes, people know app dialogs/panels more than they will when having to look down at the changing buttons Why wouldn't people learn positions of buttons? Hell I can type faster on my iPhone without looking than most people can type with a physical keyboard. I'd have expected people here to be far more accepting of this feature. This thing looks far more useful on a laptop than a touch screen, particularly for people like us who make heavy use of the keyboard. Apple doesn't tend to make gimmicky features of this level, especially not at a $4-500 premium. It's a defining feature of the new MBP and I trust it has had a lot of thought put into it. There's incredible potential here, it's sad a lot of people here don't see that.

drawkbox 10y ago
It may very well be awesome, just pointing to concerns, I don't look at the keyboard all that much. Keyboard shortcuts are precise and are unchanging. Trackpad is precise because your fat finger isn't covering the result, same issue on tablets/pads if they don't offset selection from your finger, hard to get exact placement. The touchbar demos they conveniently remove the persons fat finger. Larger sliders are fine like the Premiere timeline movement but trackpad and arrow keys work for that as well quite nicely. From a button perspective it could be nice, I like customizing my keyboard. I just wonder about the other things, I don't see myself changing browser tabs or sliders much on it. I agree though that Apple doesn't usually throw in a gimmick that isn't well thought out but on the fence until I try it.

by scottmf 10y ago

drawkbox 10y ago

It may very well be awesome, just pointing to concerns, I don't look at the keyboard all that much. Keyboard shortcuts are precise and are unchanging. Trackpad is precise because your fat finger isn't covering the result, same issue on tablets/pads if they don't offset selection from your finger, hard to get exact placement. The touchbar demos they conveniently remove the persons fat finger. Larger sliders are fine like the Premiere timeline movement but trackpad and arrow keys work for that as well quite nicely. From a button perspective it could be nice, I like customizing my keyboard. I just wonder about the other things, I don't see myself changing browser tabs or sliders much on it. I agree though that Apple doesn't usually throw in a gimmick that isn't well thought out but on the fence until I try it.