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>the lack of escape key It bothers me when people say this because it's just not true. And what's worse is it's just true enough that someone can argue "well y
by freehunter 7y ago
>the lack of escape key
It bothers me when people say this because it's just not true. And what's worse is it's just true enough that someone can argue "well you know what I meant" while still saying something entirely untrue.
The touchbar Macbook has no physical Esc key but it does still exist and works just like any other button. Nearly every image of a touchbar Macbook on Apple's website shows an Esc key plain as day on the touchbar: https://www.apple.com/macbook-pro/ https://www.apple.com/macbook-pro/
The only people who say "touchbar Macbook doesn't have an Esc key" are either people who have never used it and have been misled by others on the Internet, or are the people who did the misleading in the first place.
You might as well criticize a smartphone keyboard because it doesn't have an Enter key or an "e" key. How can you type on a smartphone when it doesn't even have a spacebar!? A touchbar Macbook doesn't have an Esc key in the exact same way your smartphone doesn't have a spacebar. As in: it entirely does have a spacebar and anyone who says it doesn't is deliberately misleading you.
- peteradio 7y agoPhones are meant to be looked at. Technically there is a way to accomplish the esc signal, but its definitely not a key.
- freehunter 7y ago>Technically there is a way to accomplish the esc signal By... pushing the button marked "Esc"? Same as basically every other keyboard? I wouldn't call that a technicality.
- peteradio 7y agoWhat button? Or do you mean the touchscreen?
- freehunter 7y agoA button on a screen is still a button. The “reply” button I’m clicking on right now does not cease to exist just because it doesn’t have a physical switch under it. It’s functionality still works the same.
- horsawlarway 7y agoA context based escape touchscreen is not a fucking escape key. I'm a daily driver of one of these crapboxes for work. IT DOES NOT HAVE AN ESC KEY. I am not misled. I am not someone who has never used it. >You might as well criticize a smartphone keyboard because it doesn't have an Enter key or an "e" key Yes, because everyone knows that touchscreen typing on a smartphone is the paragon experience for typing. The experience that beats all else. Clearly, I want this experience on my development machine. THANKS APPLE! Oh wait, touchscreen typing fucking sucks. It sucks everywhere. It sucks SO badly that the ONLY place it ever became acceptable was a form factor so small that they were forced to compromise the experience to fit in screen real-estate. Why I'd want that experience front and center on a macbook is fucking unfathomable.
- freehunter 7y agoSo there's your criticism. "The touchbar Macbook Pro has an awful Esc key". That's true and is something worth mentioning. "The touchbar Macbook Pro does not have an escape key" is being so deliberately misleading that you might even call it a lie. The iPad Pro does not have an escape key on the keyboard. This makes it impossible to use vim without remapping the keys. This is a fact and is a serious problem if you want to use vim on an iPad Pro smart keyboard. The touchbar Mac does have an escape key, even if it's not one you enjoy using. It is possible to use vim with the default configuration of a touchbar Macbook Pro without remapping keys. Again, there is no reason to lie and say "the touchbar Macbook Pro doesn't have an Esc key". You don't like it. That's fine. But if it actually doesn't exist, you should sue Apple for including it in almost all of their press pictures. >IT DOES NOT HAVE AN ESC KEY This is a lie.
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