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I’ll probably get downvoted to Hades here but I finally upgraded my mid 2012 retina MacBook Pro to the latest model and I quite like the touch bar. Yes I know p
by jshaqaw 6y ago
I’ll probably get downvoted to Hades here but I finally upgraded my mid 2012 retina MacBook Pro to the latest model and I quite like the touch bar. Yes I know pure keyboard commands are more efficient but at this point in life my available bandwidth for memorizing too many app specific keyboard chords is limited. It’s nice to just tap “leave” when in a Zoom call or “pause” when playing music.
- cactus2093 6y agoThat's the idea but IMO the major issue with it is that the touchbar is dedicated to the currently in-focus application. That's basically the opposite of what I want, if Zoom is already in focus I can click to leave just as fast as I can use the touchbar to leave. If I have switched over to a browser tab for taking notes and zoom is in the background, that's when it would be useful to be able to leave the zoom meeting from the touchbar. Edit: Music apps are somewhat privileged and play/pause can be done more globally, but it's still multiple taps, and there are other cases I would like to be able to use.
- breakfastduck 6y agoEasily solved with Better Touch Tool and its config or plugins. Yeah, it's an extra expense but it makes the touchbar truly useful.
- tartoran 6y agoI just wish they left the F keys alone and added the touchbar right above. It might be cool but i find it somewhat gimmicky and redundant for a software developer. I guess apple always pushed the limits. Lets see how this fares in the next 10 years and whether it is adopted outside of apple