Live Coverage of Apple's 'Hello Again' Mac Event

[shyam09]

It take multiple taps, touches, and slides to lower the ****ing volume?

 

[aaronhead14]

So... Phil calls it "Touch Bar," but Craig calls it "Control Strip"?? WHICH IS IT?!

EDIT: Ok... Now he's calling it Touch Bar. Guess he just slipped up for a second!

 

[echo44]

so glad you all hate this maybe i can get one on the first day!

 

[keysofanxiety]

This is looking pretty average in terms of updates.

That's the great thing about opinions. We all have them.

 

[bobdobalina]

edit

 

[Barrierfreeman]

Keyboard for dummies

 

[retrospek]

How will this touchbar work on Windows thru Parallels..

 

[potatis]

Couldn't you just tell Siri to do the touching for you...

 

[Traverse]

Well, at least the touchbar can bring back the f keys

I hope there's an option to make everything monochrome like those f-keys. All those colors would be an eye-draw and distracting to me.

 

[yaxomoxay]

You mean to the point where their profits are falling, they're a laughing stock in their own fan forum, and Microsoft of all companies is eating their lunch.

And when they're saved by the bell (Samsung's fire)

 

[macduke]

Ok, ok, so this Touch Bar seems a lot less gimmicky than I thought it would be. This seems to be really well thought out and is slowly bridging the gap between iOS and macOS.

 

[TheHorrorNerd]

I thought they were all about accessability?
What about the visually impaired?
How could they use the oled bar?
Voiceover?

 

[Dannyshing27]

everyone else would first click reply within mail

 

[BootsWalking]

I don't get the entire concept. Instead of looking at the screen to do productive work I now I have to return looking at my keyboard instead, like before I learned how to touch-type?

 

[bjjp2]

Federighi is in a different class as a speaker.

 

[shyam09]

Wow replying to the email is pathetic

 

[mdriftmeyer]

Staring at the keyboard is not an advancement. It slows down your productivity. If you are a hunt 'n peck typist, your day has finally come!

 

[Kobayagi]

"Changing brightness is easier than ever before"

Seriously?

You clearly never had to push a button to change your brightness.

 

[merkinmuffley]

This is HUGE - touch bar has emojis and a dedicated Siri button. Amazing, the innovation is back!

 

[DevNull0]

The touchbar is a cheap gimmick and they're spending all their time on that and ignoring the important stuff like missing ports and gimped keyboard.

 

[Nalmond92]

Alright I'll bite, this is great!

 

[Lil Chillbil]

Store is down btw, most likely going to be available today

 

[Steve121178]

Touch Bar looks bloody brilliant.

 

[mw360]

Jeeeez. They haven't got a clue. Not a single clue.

 

[darkandlong]

Why make the screen respond to touch when you can make a thin strip above the keyboard respond to touch instead?

I predict 90% of people switch it to always show f numbered keys and never do anything else.

This is some shameful ****.

 

[drewyboy]

So now to change volume, brightness, etc... I have to touch and slide rather than a single tap? Yup... we're moving backwards here.