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New MacBook Pro Finally Features a 1080p Webcam Within a Notch
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Movies aren't going to be 16:10, so there will be black bars on top and bottom anyway.
I have some apps that cover more than half the menu bar with menu items. Some people use the low res scaled display options. I wonder what happens in these cases.
Is there now a limit how many menu bar items developers will be allowed?
Is there now a limit how many menu bar items developers will be allowed?
I agree, utilising dead space in the menu bar is smart. I hate the notch myself, but I think the way Apple will mostly likely have integrated it, most people won't notice it, especially if they have dark mode enabled. For full screen videos, it'll blend in with the black bar across the top and bottom of the videos anyways (aspect ratio dependant).
The only issue I see where it will be an eyesore is when you're using full-screen apps.
They implement the notch really well. Props to Apple! I'm a designer and and photographer and the notch doesn't irritate me at all. They embrace the notch better than iPhones.
I'm less concerned with watching movies in fullscreen mode as I am with the dozen or so apps I use that utilize nearly a full menu bar. Apple's liberal spacing of menu bar items already constrained some on the right and now there will be a void in the middle to work around. Some apps will adjust but others will probably not even address it until upgrade time.
Also the menubar trick seems to work in native resolution but what happens when you use a different (or scaled) display resolution that would normally make the menubar thinner in height? Would the notch then dip down into your content or is the menubar now a fixed element that doesn't scale?
The items could skip over the notch and keep going to the right. You'd lose 1 or 2 menu slots.
The horror! The Menubar is 7 millimeters higher and has a notch in it while the screen size is increased. Toolbars are still uninterrupted. The display is remarkable. The machines are virtually silent and fast as hell. Get over it people.
I will still have to use black wallpaper for the rest of time.
What happens when you change the resolution of your screen?
I suspect this is going in the same direction as the iPhone 5, then the 5s. iPhone 5 used the traditional passcode for authentication, then the 5s added Touch ID, while it was merely a "s" upgrade from the 5. I would be surprised if the next MBP does not have Face ID. The iPhone 5 was a big upgrade - new lightening port, size, and enclosure... not dissimilar to the new MBPs.
I also suspect this will be seen in the next generation Airs - it'll be the "5c" (Touch ID only), but eventually, even the "c" versions will get Face ID.
I disagree. You are looking at is as though the notch is eating into the screen real estate that would be there if there were no notch, when in reality they simply added extra screen on either side of the camera. The area below the notch is the same aspect ratio as existing Macs and any widescreen video content (16:9 or wider) won't come anywhere near the top or bottom of the display.
I wonder what the mouse cursor will do when it goes up there. Go behind the notch? Or will you have to move it around the notch to get from one corner of the screen to the other
By taking a chunk out of it?
No Face ID? Totally pointless or they’re waiting for next year…still pointless. 🤦🏿♂️
That's because the camera is in the keyboard. Which makes very unflattering viewing angels..
Oh no, There is going to be a black void in the middle if the menu bar extended beyond the notch if you use the black wallpaper. 😅