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WebKit – Touch Bar Web API

17 points by Alifatisk 3y ago

afavour 3y ago
Not too sure why this is being posted now? The actual meat is in a different ticket anyway: https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=180513 https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=180513 Looks like it was submitted by an Apple intern and hasn't been touched since 2017. I can't say I've heard too many people crying out for a Web API for the touch bar but maybe I'm not listening to the right people.
- cptcobalt 3y ago
  Yeah, this post doesn't have merit — and thanks for linking, was interesting reading some of the comments. As an aside, I bet many of HN don't see much value in Touch Bar as it likely has a higher propensity of touch typers than visual/hunt-and-peck typers, for whom Touch Bar really did shine. Not a feedback loop worth fulfilling, however.
  - bouke 3y ago
    The Touch Bar is also on the way out, so there doesn’t seem much value in adding this API anymore now.
xnx 3y ago
Didn't the Touch Bar go away with Johnny Ive?
- Groxx 3y ago
  It makes me so happy that almost none of the current laptops have it. We're so close... I'd be fine with the bar in addition to a function row. There are some really nice interactions possible. But absolutely not as a replacement, much less a non-optional one for many models.
  - bpye 3y ago
    I am inclined to agree. I do somewhat like it on my 13” MBP but do miss physical function keys. If they just let you do fn+num for the F keys it would be a big improvement…
  - mcculley 3y ago
    I never use the Touch Bar and I find it distracting because most of the time my laptop is docked to the side of my real keyboard and monitor and the Touch Bar is animating in my peripheral vision.
    - graftak 3y ago
      You can set the touchbar to display the regular keyboards function keys which are static and don’t animate.
      - mcculley 3y ago
        I had forgotten that was possible. Thanks.
- ajb92 3y ago
  Folowing Jony's departure, Apple did introduce a new mbp design that removed the Touch Bar-- but has also sold an updated version of the 13" model, which still includes it, for some time
  - rqtwteye 3y ago
    Mine still has the touch bar but the Escape key is a real key. It's bearable but overall still a terrible idea.
  - ehutch79 3y ago
    the 13" macbook pro w/ touchbar is basically a drop in replacement for the previous generation. I'm under the impression it's meant for enterprises/education where any visible difference results in a 'who moved my cheese' screaming session from users/c-level folks.
IMcD23 3y ago
(2017)

17 points by Alifatisk 3y ago

Not too sure why this is being posted now? The actual meat is in a different ticket anyway: https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=180513 https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=180513 Looks like it was submitted by an Apple intern and hasn't been touched since 2017. I can't say I've heard too many people crying out for a Web API for the touch bar but maybe I'm not listening to the right people.

cptcobalt 3y ago
Yeah, this post doesn't have merit — and thanks for linking, was interesting reading some of the comments. As an aside, I bet many of HN don't see much value in Touch Bar as it likely has a higher propensity of touch typers than visual/hunt-and-peck typers, for whom Touch Bar really did shine. Not a feedback loop worth fulfilling, however.
- bouke 3y ago
  The Touch Bar is also on the way out, so there doesn’t seem much value in adding this API anymore now.

xnx 3y ago

Didn't the Touch Bar go away with Johnny Ive?

Groxx 3y ago
It makes me so happy that almost none of the current laptops have it. We're so close... I'd be fine with the bar in addition to a function row. There are some really nice interactions possible. But absolutely not as a replacement, much less a non-optional one for many models.
- bpye 3y ago
  I am inclined to agree. I do somewhat like it on my 13” MBP but do miss physical function keys. If they just let you do fn+num for the F keys it would be a big improvement…
- mcculley 3y ago
  I never use the Touch Bar and I find it distracting because most of the time my laptop is docked to the side of my real keyboard and monitor and the Touch Bar is animating in my peripheral vision.
  - graftak 3y ago
    You can set the touchbar to display the regular keyboards function keys which are static and don’t animate.
    - mcculley 3y ago
      I had forgotten that was possible. Thanks.
ajb92 3y ago
Folowing Jony's departure, Apple did introduce a new mbp design that removed the Touch Bar-- but has also sold an updated version of the 13" model, which still includes it, for some time
- rqtwteye 3y ago
  Mine still has the touch bar but the Escape key is a real key. It's bearable but overall still a terrible idea.
- ehutch79 3y ago
  the 13" macbook pro w/ touchbar is basically a drop in replacement for the previous generation. I'm under the impression it's meant for enterprises/education where any visible difference results in a 'who moved my cheese' screaming session from users/c-level folks.

IMcD23 3y ago

(2017)