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I'm one of those (there are dozens of us!) who actually liked the Touch Bar and not only that, deeply regret Apple giving up on it. I found it eminently useful
by mstade 3y ago
I'm one of those (there are dozens of us!) who actually liked the Touch Bar and not only that, deeply regret Apple giving up on it. I found it eminently useful to have contextual controls I could use rather than those non-descript Fn keys I don't really ever use.
It wasn't perfect, for example the fact that it was just a single bar meant it was hard (but not impossible) to use accurately without looking, but to me it really was a step in the right direction.
I hope they bring it back at some point, maybe in a way that appeases the Fn crowd as well so we can all be happy. Maybe a few physical buttons with an embedded screen a la stream decks, and a smaller bar in the center for more fluid things? I don't know. All I know is I miss it dearly.
- ShamelessC 3y agoIt’s still available on certain models, right?
- mstade 3y agoI don't think so, at least not in the Pro line up and while I do very much like the Touch Bar, I like M3 Max a lot more. :o)
- goosedragons 3y agoNo, it died when they discontinued the 13" MBP with the launch of M3.
- rjsw 3y agoThe Apricot PC from 1983 had function keys with an LCD display above them that applications could use to label the functions. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apricot_PC https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apricot_PC
- mstade 3y agoNeat, today I learned! Sadly no photos on that article, but I did find one here: http://www.computersammler.de/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/IMG_20211207_194115-scaled.jpg http://www.computersammler.de/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/IMG... Ahead of its time, clearly!