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I popped into the Apple Store on Regent Street in London today, where they have a couple of these on display in plastic cylinders (but can't touch). They have

I popped into the Apple Store on Regent Street in London today, where they have a couple of these on display in plastic cylinders (but can't touch). They have a constant rolling demo, and two things struck me. The changing touchbar display constantly distracted me from the screen. Also, the little square area on the far right for the touch sensor doesn't blend in nearly as well as the photos make out. Worse, presumably for symmetry, there's a square of the same size at the other end - so the display for the 'Esc' key is actually the distance of one key in from the left hand edge.

glhaynes 10y ago
Note that in actual usage, the Touch Bar will only be changing substantially when you switch between apps/contexts or are interacting with it. From the Touch Bar HIG at https://developer.apple.com/library/content/documentation/UserExperience/Conceptual/OSXHIGuidelines/AbouttheTouchBar.html https://developer.apple.com/library/content/documentation/Us...: Use the Touch Bar as an extension of the keyboard and trackpad, not as a display. Although technically it’s a screen, the Touch Bar functions as an input device, not a secondary display. The user may glance at the Touch Bar to locate or use a control, but their primary focus is the main screen. The Touch Bar shouldn’t display alerts, messages, scrolling content, static content, or anything else that commands the user’s attention or distracts from their work on the main screen.