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In that case, the tl;dr of most criticism of the touch bar is "100% of 'pro' users are touch typists who can never ever under any circumstances or for any reaso
by ubernostrum 10y ago
In that case, the tl;dr of most criticism of the touch bar is "100% of 'pro' users are touch typists who can never ever under any circumstances or for any reason ever learn anything new or develop muscle memory for anything they haven't already been doing for thirty years and so they will abandon the platform in droves to run Linux on machines that only look equivalent on paper and on which the key software they use and care about will never run".
- nightski 10y agoYou are being dramatic, but honestly they probably would adopt it if it was better. There is a reason people like mechanical keyboards and solid feedback from input. It's not just nostalgia, trust me.
- ubernostrum 10y agoI use a mechanical keyboard plugged into a Macbook Pro. But I also know I have no useful opinion on the new one until I actually try it. I was talking earlier on Twitter about how I think this is an overlooked positive of alleged "lock-in": there's enough friction in switching that people end up actually trying the new thing and developing an informed opinion as opposed to angry knee-jerk internet reactions, and very often find out that the new thing is not the end of everything they've ever loved and may even be useful in ways they didn't anticipate.