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Why doesn't apple make the touchbar out of keys? The keys could be flat on top and seamlessly adjacent to one another to make a "bar", for sliders and such. But
by thinkloop 7y ago
Why doesn't apple make the touchbar out of keys? The keys could be flat on top and seamlessly adjacent to one another to make a "bar", for sliders and such. But pressable like regular keys to make great buttons (most common use-case). I feel like that is inventable.
- saagarjha 7y agoLike the Chromebook Pixel? I don't think sliding on that would work very well, since you'd end up pressing the keys…
- thinkloop 7y agoYou could have a locking mechanism that is activated when in bar mode.
- lonelappde 7y agoIt has a touchbar?!
- InitialLastName 7y agoThere are pretty much two ways to do this, neither one works well: 1) Overlay multiple transparent keys on a single display. This works OK in concept, but is hard to do mechanically gracefully. You would also end up with parallax issues with the touch functionality, if you could even get multi-point touch functionality working on key-faces like that. 2) Keys with small displays and captouch sensors in them: The display tech isn't quite there yet for this, AFAICT. I've seen demos of small, single-color OLEDS embedded in buttons, but none with touch overlays and nothing with a higher end display in them. Additionally, due to the bezel and gaps between the keys, it would be very difficult to get a consistent image across multiple keys/displays.
- benologist 7y agoWhy don't they just do a BTO without it and please both sides?
- jonny383 7y agoHere's a better idea: why don't apple just replace the touchbar with an actual keyboard!?!?