The touch bar was very interesting tech! My favorite use was scrubbing songs/videos and being able to adjust the brightness of my monitor and screen independent

The touch bar was very interesting tech! My favorite use was scrubbing songs/videos and being able to adjust the brightness of my monitor and screen independently. That's where the tech shined- having context-dependent UI elements. When you hit the physical brightness button, you just have to guess what's going to get adjusted. I think with most things, the answer here was to have a mix of keys and buttons. With 100% TB, it's slow to change volume/brightness. With 100% keys, I've got all these extra keys I can't use (you can re-bind them with 3rd party software, but it's fairly static). I'd personally pull like, F3-F9 in favor of a touch bar, and then be able to configure the remaining buttons. I'm a little sad reaction was so strongly against the idea on the whole, it definitely had potential.