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Touch Bar. Given that it was removed in 2021 I'd say - No. However, the issue for me with it was that it replaced a functional key that I want to be tactile. Wh
by 0x457 1y ago
Touch Bar. Given that it was removed in 2021 I'd say - No. However, the issue for me with it was that it replaced a functional key that I want to be tactile. While it's nice to slide a finger to control brightness and volume... I still want actual Esc and co to be physical keys.
- maccard 1y agoI agree. The contextual UI was great and I loved it, but having it instead of the top keyboard row was a terrible idea
- mbreese 1y agoAgreed. The mistake was trying to make them replace function keys. If it was an additional info display/touch input, that would have potentially been interesting. But instead of getting something extra, we lost something in the process.
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- vasac 1y agoLater, they made Macs with both a physical Esc key and a Touch Bar. It was a bit better, but it still sucked.
- swiftcoder 1y agoI think a large part of the failure was around how terrible that generation of MacBook keyboards were. Had they use the previous (or subsequent) keyboard, and put the Touch Bar above actual physical function keys... I'd be down to still have it around
- 0x457 1y agoKeyboards were so bad I've switched to using non-apple laptop with linux after a few months with touch bar.
- swiftcoder 1y agoGood news is they've improved a lot in subsequent generations. But if you're happy with Linux, I'd stick with it :)
- 0x457 1y agoI have it all now: MacBook, iMac, framework with Linux, pc with windows and Linux.