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Notch is painful to see. Hope they walk back on it like for the mag safe.

microtonal 4y ago
I stopped noticing the notch after using it for, what, maybe half an hour on my MacBook Pro? And the screen estate besides the notch is extra and the idea fits well with the macOS menu bar.
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- FireBeyond 4y ago
  Notch is still a huge annoyance to me with a few things in my menubar (and that's while using Bartender).
micromacrofoot 4y ago
Would you rather have a smaller screen with no notch?
- mrtranscendence 4y ago
  This argument went round and round back when Apple first released the notched MacBook Pro. Some people apparently don't care about the tradeoffs involved and would indeed prefer a smaller screen -- they think it would be that distracting to have a notch. I think they're crazy, personally, but maybe I'd hate the notch too if I had a laptop with one.
joshstrange 4y ago
Have you used one with the notch? It disappeared for me in less than an hour of using it. I never notice it.
- least 4y ago
  The notch itself doesn't bother me but the way they deal with menu bar apps does. Disappearing them into the notch's void when you have enough to push them there is really really bad UX. The only app that I'm aware of that actually helps address this is Bartender, when they should have figured this shit out before they came out. It's possible that they introduced some fix in MacOS Ventura, but there's no indication that this is the case so far.
idk1 4y ago
I think it's ok, I never have anything in the middle of the menu bar anyway, might as well have a notch there.
arecurrence 4y ago
I had completely forgotten my 16" MBP has one. When I read your comment I had to remind myself "oh yeah, this laptop has a notch". I see it there looking right at it... but I'm sure in a few minutes it won't exist in my mind once again. It is simply that out of the way which seems so strange given that it is right in the middle... but that has always been a dead space in macOS.

I stopped noticing the notch after using it for, what, maybe half an hour on my MacBook Pro? And the screen estate besides the notch is extra and the idea fits well with the macOS menu bar.

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FireBeyond 4y ago
Notch is still a huge annoyance to me with a few things in my menubar (and that's while using Bartender).

micromacrofoot 4y ago

Would you rather have a smaller screen with no notch?

mrtranscendence 4y ago
This argument went round and round back when Apple first released the notched MacBook Pro. Some people apparently don't care about the tradeoffs involved and would indeed prefer a smaller screen -- they think it would be that distracting to have a notch. I think they're crazy, personally, but maybe I'd hate the notch too if I had a laptop with one.

joshstrange 4y ago

Have you used one with the notch? It disappeared for me in less than an hour of using it. I never notice it.

least 4y ago
The notch itself doesn't bother me but the way they deal with menu bar apps does. Disappearing them into the notch's void when you have enough to push them there is really really bad UX. The only app that I'm aware of that actually helps address this is Bartender, when they should have figured this shit out before they came out. It's possible that they introduced some fix in MacOS Ventura, but there's no indication that this is the case so far.

idk1 4y ago

I think it's ok, I never have anything in the middle of the menu bar anyway, might as well have a notch there.

arecurrence 4y ago

I had completely forgotten my 16" MBP has one. When I read your comment I had to remind myself "oh yeah, this laptop has a notch". I see it there looking right at it... but I'm sure in a few minutes it won't exist in my mind once again. It is simply that out of the way which seems so strange given that it is right in the middle... but that has always been a dead space in macOS.