You just rarely delivered.
    • OkidoShigeru@alien.topBEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Yep, without really good tactile feedback it’s worse than useless, as it removed the actually useful function row. And even then I’m not too sure what you would use it for…the fact that by default in terminal it let you change the theme is really telling, even Apple couldn’t think of anything useful for it.

  • MaverickJester25@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    The way sites like The Verge eulogise garbage features Apple eventually gets rid of is pretty dumb.

    The touch bar was a bad idea from the beginning.

  • dukezap1@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I still have the touch bar on the 2019 16” Pro. I love it and don’t want the new models without it

  • Vahlir@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    for anyone that doesn’t like learning hot keys I highly recommend the app cheat sheet. It’s been pretty helpful for pulling up hot keys for me in all kinds of programs *(I’m not connected in any way I’m just trying to be helpful lol)

    Either way learning hot keys is obviously the best in software you use day in and out. Takes a few seconds but down the line will wipe hours off your work flow.

    Screen shot is a big one. but I just have that mapped to an extra button.

  • DreadnaughtHamster@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I think the Touch Bar was a novel idea but I see two things that were needed for it to be a success:

    1. It could not replace the function keys.

    2. It’d have to be on some kind of mechanism that raised it slight at an angle when the Mac opened, perhaps up to a 30 degree angle so that you could use it when you were lower or higher to the keyboard.

    Most important thing was #1 though.

    • firelitother@alien.topBEnglish
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      1 year ago

      I disagree. I would say that it’s downfall was because it tried to replace the function keys instead of being an addition to it.

  • jigga19@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I love the Touch Bar but…yeah…it was so underutilized.

    But let’s be honest, the escape key was just a ludicrous omission.

  • KnutSkywalker@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Man, the Touch Bar. It still has value for me at work since we work with Keynote and live shows a lot. Being able to jump to any slide that is previewed on the Touch Bar saved some asses in it’s short lifetime and for that reason I will miss it. Also when working on the road with the Macbook on your lap was really cool when using the Touch Bar. It had it’s uses, however limited they were but I’m kinda sad it’s gone.

  • thermologic_@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I didnt bought Macbook because of the No-Touchbar. Those function keys are really cheap and fills more apple’s bank account than touchbar. F*** u apple.

  • not_a_gumby@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I have a 2018 MacBook Pro and to this day, I can skip almost any ad using the Touch Bar. It’s a super power and I love it, no one else seems to know about it though.

  • tusi2@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I think the Touch Bar helped with the development of Apple Silicon or at least its integration with macOS, so the title could also read “…You Delivered Incredible Results”.

  • oboshoe@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I’ve had the Touch Bar since 2018.

    I’m convinced I’ve accidentally activated it far more times than I intended to activate.

    And replacing the “esc” key with a touch key? It deserved to die.