I haven’t cared at all. I’ve been using the M1 MBA for a year and I don’t even miss the Touch Bar.
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No Touch Bar - Your thoughts?
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I don't miss it at all, but I have to say I was one of the people who quite liked-it and thought it was a shame it was one of those features Apple released and then chose to do nothing with.
To you maybe, but not this user. Not hostile. Not an abomination. I liked it.
And that’s the problem. Apple keeps dividing people with polarizing decisions. Headphone jack vs. none. Lightning vs. USB-C. Notch vs. no notch. Black bezel vs. white. All black keys vs. contrast between keys. Touch ID vs. Face ID. Magsafe vs. traditional cords. And now Touch Bar vs. function keys.
Have used my new 14” for a couple of hours. Have missed the Touch Bar for autofill and Tapback reactions in Messages. Also liked the precision of the sliders for brightness/volume. It’s far from a deal breaker, but do think the static function keys are a regression. Would like to have seen both physical function keys and a Touch Bar on these Macs: would’ve kept everyone happy.
Maybe one day we will get a hybrid of OLED keys which still mechanically press, but can still dynamically change function depending on the app.
Maybe one day we will get a hybrid of OLED keys which still mechanically press, but can still dynamically change function depending on the app.
Good decision but why full size function keys? I want half size function keys back.
The Touch Bar is right up there with Ping and the Cube as the worst ideas Apple has ever had. It forces you to take your eyes off the screen, and causes you to NOT learn valuable key commands which are infinitely faster.
I don’t see how that wouldn’t remove the sliding functionality though. That’s a big benefit of the touchbar. I use it to scrub videos all the time.
With the no touch bar on the new MacBook's, purchasing one is now high on my list of gadget 'wants'. However, I do not need one right at this moment.
I'm missing the Touch Bar because I was able to customize it so nicely.
How does the Touch Bar cause you not to learn key commands? I still use them extensively but none the less I enjoy the Touch Bar as well.
I tried hard to love the Touch Bar on my 16" Intel system but I just didn't. It was cumbersome to use, it wrecked muscle memory for common actions such as altering the display brightness, media control and audio adjusting.
I essentially had it set to global control buttons all the time because of this. But before I did that I tried for weeks to get used to it, I installed third party apps like BetterTouchTool to customise it, I tried pre-made stuff, I tried making my own stuff.
I just couldn't get it to a state where I found it superior to having tactile physical buttons. Also sometimes I did find the Touch Bar hard to see. Especially if I'm at a low angle to the keyboard deck.
Having the physical keys back is for me perfection. I don't hate the idea of the touch bar but I do hate that it replaced usable function keys. Having it on the hinge pointed towards the user at a 45 degree angle would have been far superior in my opinion.
I essentially had it set to global control buttons all the time because of this. But before I did that I tried for weeks to get used to it, I installed third party apps like BetterTouchTool to customise it, I tried pre-made stuff, I tried making my own stuff.
I just couldn't get it to a state where I found it superior to having tactile physical buttons. Also sometimes I did find the Touch Bar hard to see. Especially if I'm at a low angle to the keyboard deck.
Having the physical keys back is for me perfection. I don't hate the idea of the touch bar but I do hate that it replaced usable function keys. Having it on the hinge pointed towards the user at a 45 degree angle would have been far superior in my opinion.
I understand not enjoying it for what you do, but this is a silly comment. I'm a Software Developer and use virtualisation a lot, and for that, I agree that it's less than ideal. But I'm also a digital artist and for that, the Touch Bar was quite useful, Photoshop had pretty good implementations for it. I'm gonna miss not having it on Photoshop more than it bothered me having it when I'm programming so it is gonna be a loss for me. Does that make me less professional?
Professional is a wide net to cast and people gatekeep the word in this community more than in any other I'm a part of, ignoring the multiple use cases that fall under the umbrella of the word, but not necessarily what their profession is. It absolutely belongs in a computer used by professionals. Just not professionals in your field.
I didn't mind it but it was gimmicky... Never really used it. I wouldn't have minded if they kept it tho - it was a non issue for me.
Thought the same. But now I kinda like it. I have an issue with the notch tho.
I rarely used the physical function keys on my old '10 MBP.
TouchBar seems more functional on on my '20 M1 MBP.
The killer function is TouchID, but I guess you get that even w/o TouchBar.
TouchBar seems more functional on on my '20 M1 MBP.
The killer function is TouchID, but I guess you get that even w/o TouchBar.