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by seanalltogether10 hours ago |
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upvoteby virgildotcodes10 hours ago|
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You may get your wish with all the rumors of a touch screen on the M6 MBPs.
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upvoteby throwforfeds9 hours ago|
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Love that they didn't learn anything from the touchbar.
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upvoteby whycome4 hours ago|
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They just didn't do anything with the touchbar. It could have actually been more useful. The removal of the esc key was pretty dumb though.
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upvoteby abustamam3 hours ago|
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The only useful thing I remember about the touch bar was the DJ trying to play some beats on the touch bar. That was just weird imo.

Barring removal of Esc key, I think the touch bar was useful because it showed contextual actions. But not every app used it so it didn't really get a chance to shine.

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upvoteby OJFord1 hours ago|
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I liked it for having volume/brightness sliders. But that's nowhere near enough to justify it!
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upvoteby jonplackett3 hours ago|
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I wish they’d come back with physical keys, with tiny changeable displays on each one. Customisation, but touch feel without looking.
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upvoteby spiderice8 hours ago|
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Comparing the touchbar to a touch screen is silly
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upvoteby throwforfeds8 hours ago|
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I guess I'm just a luddite that spends my life on a CLI or text editor. Taking my hands away from my keyboard to leave finger prints on my screen just doesn't make sense to me.

I think people that do do tasks where a touch screen makes sense are probably just doing most of their work on an iphone or an ipad anyway.

Now gesture control on VR/AR setups? Sure, that feels like a new human/computer interaction system that makes sense. Jabbing at my laptop screen with one hand on my keyboard, not so much.

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upvoteby kjkjadksj8 hours ago|
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You are right the touch screen is even more stupid
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upvoteby speedgoose7 hours ago|
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It’s not. I had a thinkpad with a touchscreen and while I used the touchscreen seldomly, it was useful in some applications. Notably to easily develop touch based applications.

I have a M1 MacBook Pro with the touch bar since. It’s crap. I remember the keynote where they introduced it and a DJ mixed music using it. It was ridiculous that it got approved.

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upvoteby abustamam3 hours ago|
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I do remember the cringy music demo. Can't believe someone really said "yeah let's rehearse this and actually sell this product."

Fortunately I just keep my laptop closed and use an attached display and keyboard and mouse, so I don't even remember if my M1 has a touch bar.

Also minor nit: it's seldom, not seldomly. Seldom certainly doesn't seem like an adverb, but it is.

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