A photoshop template to add a black bar on top in line with the notch would be great. That way you can easily have any wallpaper and trick the notch / menu bar into being black at all times
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How the Mouse Pointer Deals with the Notch on the MacBook Pro
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You’re not(ch)! There’s a poll on site somewhere with somewhere around an 80% - 20% split in favour of the notch.
Agreed. Before reading the article this was what I hope they implemented. Having used systems with 2 different sized monitors for work, it’s a huge pain in the arse and frustration when you try and transition a mouse from one display to another and the cursor gets stuck on the part that is to high or two low in the larger display to allow a transition to the other. Monitor elements that impede mouse movement are annoying.
It’d be a huge pain to need to traverse around the notch if you have your mouse at the top of the display and want to go from one side to the other. I also don’t think the cursor jumping / teleporting is a great option, anything that auto moves a mouse you’re supposed to be controlling in a 1:1 manner isn’t a great design IMHO.
I think this is a reasonable implementation.
Switching on dark mode with transparency effects of would achieve that with less work.
It took only 5 years to get some ports back. Start the clock on the notch. Gripe, shake fist at sky, cry to deity.
Unbelievable the level of cringe justifying this abomination. Don't get me wrong, the update looks amazing, everything else I welcome, but that notch.. come on, who are they kidding.
Exactly this, don't think about it as a notch, they've just moved the TouchBar from the top of the keyboard to the top of the screen. It can now contain the menu bar, or turns off for video and full screen apps.
So do you prefer having a black bezel and no screen on the sides of the camera as on older models, or no camera at all?
I would like it better if the mouse went inside the notch and installed FaceID.
Just a few articles back this site posted an article which explains the answer to your question. Essentially it disappears. If you want more detail there is plenty to read about it.
You are not. Apple did enough market research. It is just that the vocal minority sometimes might make you feel that way
We won't know until the tear downs but currently the thought is that it's because Apple put the largest 1080p sensor to date in a MacBook. The larger sensor means larger space for the camera, so the camera space itself grew. Not saying they wouldn't try to do more in the future and we will have to wait on the exact "extra space", if there is any.
Yeah, so what about if you mirror the MBP monitor and an external display? What will happen to the notch?
It's funny all the difficulties this notch brings, lol. Anyway, I'm sure it's not going to be the end of the world but it's certainly not the most elegant solution.
It's funny all the difficulties this notch brings, lol. Anyway, I'm sure it's not going to be the end of the world but it's certainly not the most elegant solution.
I dont understand the problem? macOS won't allow anything "under" the notch. So if you are mirroring your screen then nothing can be there but your background. So it would just show the menu bar and background like normal.
With the latest iteration of Monterey Apple has included new wallpapers, seen also in the marketing materials, whose pattern is suspiciously darker where the notch is. They know how bad it is lol.
Hilarious. Let's design a display with an ugly, obtrusive notch, then update our software to creat an artificial black bezel to hide it! It just disappears! It's magical!
The video playback justification in the article is odd. Most video players already automatically hide the cursor after a period of time during playback. I think being able to hide the cursor behind the camera notch is a bit weird.
There's just something about a guy going through the effort of creating an animation to start a debate over something this uninteresting that feels comical.
I'm guessing that it's for all of the camera circuitry. With the screens as thin as they are, that stuff will likely be spread out more horizontally rather than stacked on top of itself like with an iPhone which can be thicker. It likely means that in future models, once they've managed to miniaturise the hardware required for a 1080p camera, they'll add in FaceID sensors instead so the notch will likely remain a similar size for years to come, just with more features. Something like a pinhole camera is a *long* way off in screens this thin.
i bet if the notch was a bit bigger — we'd be able to hide more things behind it...
My iPad mouse must be blind because it can't find the notch