I would love if there is a way to make the menu bar black for all applications instead of translucent. This way you get the benefit of the extra screen area without drawing attention to the notch.
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How the Mouse Pointer Deals with the Notch on the MacBook Pro
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I think the increased pixel density also counters your logic. There’s (likely) more vertical pixels on this thing. So, the intrusion of the notch is either nullified by it being in the menu bar (where an app would not have used them anyway), or it will be in a “virtual bezel” (dead zone), where an older model would’ve had no pixels.
Maybe they’ll hide easter eggs behind the notch that you can click on.
I have an even better question. Did they make the notch this big on purpose, so that they can shrink it in two years and call it innovation or because they originally wanted to put more sensors behind it and do they still plan to introduce FaceID on the Mac in the future? 🤔
Right now we have a big ugly notch with no real purpose! 🙅
Right now we have a big ugly notch with no real purpose! 🙅
No, that is the only rational way to deal with the mouse pointer. It would be a friction point if it stopped at the edge or moved around it.
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I have no issues with the notch.
I absolutely don't understand all the notch haters who outdo each other at finding ever more extreme ways to express their disdain for the notch. I mean, seriously, how much can you hate such a relatively insignificant detail
It still seems ludicrous to me that people are complaining about getting more screen real estate.
If you have the choice between no notch with less screen real estate and a notch that can either allow for more screen real estate or look the same as if it weren't there, then the latter has only advantages and no disadvantages. The notch is all upside, no downside.
I absolutely don't understand all the notch haters who outdo each other at finding ever more extreme ways to express their disdain for the notch. I mean, seriously, how much can you hate such a relatively insignificant detail
It still seems ludicrous to me that people are complaining about getting more screen real estate.
If you have the choice between no notch with less screen real estate and a notch that can either allow for more screen real estate or look the same as if it weren't there, then the latter has only advantages and no disadvantages. The notch is all upside, no downside.
That’s the question!
Is it 16.0” of notch-less real estate with more pixels?
Or 15.9” of notch-less real estate with more pixels?
This actually makes me like the notch. (Before I didn't care). When I'm writing full screen I hate seeing the mouse. If this means I can just toss it up and have it hide from view that's a great feature.
I hope that they give us an option to use a dark mode menu palette while using light mode for the main screen. I don’t like dark mode in general but it would do a lot to hide the notch and keep the menu bar functional
Maybe it’s just me but I’ve noticed macOS has a problem with hiding mouse during full screen video.
I agree, sounds totally like an excuse after the fact. But one shortcoming may actually make up for another, in this case.
Am I the only one that just sends it all the way to the right of the screen? Not hidden entirely but close enough.
I wouldn’t go so far as to call this a feature. More like an unintended consequence of an idea that was not fully thought out.
Well, I’m being lazy/don’t care. But, I suppose the answer is in the vertical pixel count of old MBP 16.0”, new 16.2”, and how many pixels “high” the notch is. If the new vertical minus notch is greater, then this screen has more real estate.That’s the question!
Is it 16.0” of notch-less real estate with more pixels?
Or 15.9” of notch-less real estate with more pixels?
I would like to know what happens when there are many menus / menubar items, such that stretch upto or beyond the notch.
I use at least one app with menus all the way across the bar on my 13 inch. I shudder to think how the 14 inch would handle this. Though, lots of items in the menu bar just seems to be an inherent limitation of the macOS UI. Seems to me the notch is just going to take what’s already a weakness of macOS and make it worse.
I suspect they would auto shift to the right side. I mean, you’re just talking about relocating text and drop-downs.
That math sounds right.
But the MR pixel count doesn’t subtract evenly from the new resolution.
So you can’t use the existing Menu Bar for reference.
Just use a wallpaper with a black line at the top of it.
The close buttons for notifications will now be hidden behind the notch.
Or Apple can dispense with the notch entirely and make a lot of people happier.
Hickory dickory dock. The mouse went up the notch.
And still not, because if you were projecting or mirroring the display, the mouse wouldn't be very hidden.
The horizonal resolution is 384 pixels greater than the previous model. If the notch is 384 'pixels' wide, then the menu bar still has the same amount of space available and therefore everything that fits now should continue to fit.
I might be in the minority, not sure, but I'd prefer to have less screen real estate and a larger bezel than to have the notch. Both MacBook and iPhone.I have no issues with the notch.
I absolutely don't understand all the notch haters who outdo each other at finding ever more extreme ways to express their disdain for the notch. I mean, seriously, how much can you hate such a relatively insignificant detail
It still seems ludicrous to me that people are complaining about getting more screen real estate.
If you have the choice between no notch with less screen real estate and a notch that can either allow for more screen real estate or look the same as if it weren't there, then the latter has only advantages and no disadvantages. The notch is all upside, no downside.