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I think it’s interesting because a notch would have a much bigger effect on other OS interfaces compared to the Mac. On the Mac, there is generally space up th
by makecheck 5y ago
I think it’s interesting because a notch would have a much bigger effect on other OS interfaces compared to the Mac.
On the Mac, there is generally space up there anyway (usually menus on one side, icons on the other). In “full screen” they’ve decided to just black it out unless those same menus/icons are set to remain visible. In normal use, not really taking up important space.
On other desktops though, it would appear to carve a piece out of the background.
- logicalmonster 5y agoThis is a good point. On Windows, a notch in the same place would be very noticeable. On Mac OS, you'll likely have nothing in that part of the screen most of the time anyway. Apple makes bad engineering tradeoffs all of the time, but I'm not convinced that this is one of them. Most people will just be glad to have a bit more vertical real estate to work with.
- boardwaalk 5y agoOn Windows, you could pull essentially the same trick by putting the start menu at the top. I mean, in Windows 10. Not 11 because they half-ass rebuilt it, heh.
- rewgs 5y agoYeah but that would be absurd design: "75% of taskbar locations mean that you have a gap in your wallpaper." I mean, not beyond the scope of a design that still has some windows that haven't been changed in 25 years, but you know.
- dcormier 5y agoIt would be annoying in something like a full-screen game, though. It's not uncommon for them to have important UI elements right at the top center.
- muthdra 5y agohttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28938184 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28938184