I love it. Use it all the time. Admittedly I have some awesome setup for apps with Better Touch Tool.
it's interesting that some people hate on this... just because it doesn't fit their needs or they can't be bothered to find out what it can do....
That said I would love for apple to have an OLED keyboard like the Optimus Maximus. Completely customisable for every app. shows tools images into photo shop for example.
I really tried to love it, but it’s useless and everyone with the same laptop I know have the same opinion. Good to hear you like it - but it feels that’s more an exception.
It supposed to be a faster way to work, but you are staring at the monitor and not the keyboard, you constantly have to shift focus away from your work to look at the touch bar and use it. That’s a loss of focus and time.
Instead, just finding the actual element on the screen to do the same thing takes LESS time, or using keyboard shortcuts also work fine because they are tactical and don’t change shape or form all the time.
Another really poor characteristic is that once you work with an external monitor and have the laptop closed, the Touch Bar is the one element that differentiates the most in how you use your computer: the keyboard, mouse or trackpad survive as external devices.
The Touch Bar is one of the most stupidest things Apple has brought to a device the last 5 years or so. It totally doesn’t do what it promises and feels more like an R&D project than an actual product feature.