I guess that’s fine if you’re staring at your computer all day and notice the led on. But let’s say you’re a student in your dorm room going about your business, and someone has managed to take control and start recording video and sound.
extra screen space? that menu bar height+notch combo is a crime against humanity. stop defending this nonsense design.
I don't do graphic design/photo/video editing on my phone... (my phone doesn't actually have a notch either).
Indeed: If I want to see the battery percentage or the status or non-disturb mode on my iPhone12 Mini, I need to bring the control panel screen just because there's a notch. Poor design, Samsung-worthy, not Apple-worthy.
These images highlight one of the interface ”improvements” of the past half decade that I hate the most, i.e., intentionally letting the controls appear to blend in with the content instead of keeping them as standing out.
While users and developers come to terms with the fact that the last-minute notch rumor for the new MacBook Pros was true, Apple has released new Human Interface Guidelines explaining how developers can make best use of the extended screen areas around the camera housing if they think their app would benefit from it.
It’s kind of hard to say whether it’s competitively priced, seeing as how it has no actual competition. There’s nothing else like It on the market.
Yes, the notch adds extra screen space but it ruins the whole purpose of the borderless screen. It makes you more aware the border then the old screen with border. The notch is the worst feature of the iPhone and it is a stupid decision to include it here. It cannot be without the wit of the developers to come up with a one way graphics solution such that when not using the camera the notch disappears. They are talking about doing it for facial recognition. Apple normally gives great importance to look and user experience and coolness. The notch is pure engineering and ugly and for those of us for whom the camera is a necessary evil it ruins a good product.I would rather have a pop up camera from the top of the screen.
While users and developers come to terms with the fact that the last-minute notch rumor for the new MacBook Pros was true, Apple has released new Human Interface Guidelines explaining how developers can make best use of the extended screen areas around the camera housing if they think their app would benefit from it.
According to the new documentation, the fullscreen mode in macOS Monterey automatically accounts for the camera housing by placing a black bar across the top of the screen to hide the notch and prevent app content from being placed there.
However, macOS also includes a new app "compatibility mode" for MacBooks that include a notched camera housing in the screen bezel. Essentially, the new mode prevents apps from locating content in the notch area when in fullscreen mode, while also allowing them to make use of the screen areas on either side.
On Macs that have a notch, the Finder automatically adds a checkbox to an app's Get Info panel that can be used to manually enable or disable this new compatibility mode. Alternately, developers can force compatibility mode using new code properties that define the safe area of the screen and allow them to make use the areas on either side of the notch for active content.
The inclusion of a notch allowed Apple to make the bezels on the new 14-and 16-inch MacBook Pros considerably thinner compared to the previous 13-inch and 16-inch models. The new Liquid Retina XDR displays also feature ProMotion technology, which allows the screen to run at as high as 120Hz, and as low as 24Hz, similar to the iPad Pro.
The new MacBook Pros are available to order now and begin shipping next week, but delivery dates for various MacBook Pro configurations have already slipped, with some of the 16-inch MacBook Pro models now listing delivery dates ranging from November 2 to November 16, up from the original October 26 delivery date.
Article Link: New macOS 'Compatibility Mode' Lets Fullscreen Apps Use Area Around Notch
The example above is when the menu bar is not too overcrowded with icons stuff like dropbox vpn google drive time wifi search, time machine etc etc and on the left an app with many menu items. I guess they'll put an arrow to expand or they'll be obstructed by the notch.
You care a lot. Otherwise you wouldn’t be willingly clicking on an article about it
First off, if they have so thoroughly compromised your machine that they can turn the camera on at will, they own you already.
What's the quality of the Macbook camera?
I use a camera blocking slider, all of my webcams come with them these days too. It's not about being hacked so much as accidentally turning on the camera in a web conference when I didn't intend to.
That makes perfect sense to me, because it sounds like exactly the kind of stupid thing I would do at the worst possible time, but I was specifically talking about people who do it out of hacker paranoia. The fear is way, way overblown in that case.
In the presentation they said it was 1080P with some sort of AI post-processing to sharpen it up and enhance its low-light performance, but I didn’t pay very close attention during that part to be honest.
