Yeah… I’m still missing it every time I use my Mac, especially when working with photos and video; the Touch Bar features in for example Photoshop were definitely not a gimmick but a truly useful tool especially with the Haptic Touch Bar app that uses the touchpad haptic engine and makes things surprisingly intuitive. And the Pock app for having the Dock, time, media controls and more in the Touch Bar especially when in full-screen apps was just amazing…
I don’t use most of the function keys often and I’d hoped they’d make a compromise that keeps the Touch Bar at the top but still has function keys in a slimmer form below it for those who need them. For example controlling brightness with touch and the haptic feedback from the aforementioned app was a breeze!
Oh yes that was such a cool thing, dearly missed, no more quick edits to drawings or sketches on the phone so I made a compromise and switched to the iPad mini 6 with a Pencil from a bigger model when I got the 13P for a still portable solution that didn’t force me to give up too much going down from a bigger screen.. but still having a bigger screen iPad with Pencil AND a pressure-sensitive phone would be just perfect.
So true… and exactly the reason behind their existence and good revenue sources for the company without losing too many customers but instead gaining more. Thank you for this comment, we should be civil while still discussing differences in opinions.
As an USB-C example being able to finally use my D10s DAC on the iPhone 15PM too is a true delight, and seeing it automatically switch between for example 48 and 192 KHz with Apple Music Lossless like on the Mac is one of those little satisfying things that’s just lovely. Much improved audio quality over the phone’s own DAC and Bluetooth.
That’d be perfect, I don’t want to lose it either and the future tech freeing up screen space can enable lots of options like bigger waveforms, three separate usable modules for a timer on the left, wider music/airplay bar with the cover and wave or whatever in the middle and an ongoing call on the right… and when just playing music, it’d be fantastic to be able to scrub through the song with a long-press and sliding!
Yeah, one solution could be that it would only show or “pulse” time-sensitive notifications in a ball like it does with timers (while dropping others in the Notification Center like now), even in Focus modes. That’d be really cool without being too disturbing when driving or in a meeting.
Also, the new Face ID UX is much nicer with the DI than it was with the notch where its UI hid content and caused confusion for some older relatives, for example. Now they’re having a more intuitive experience because the new UI’s visual cues teach them to glance at the top, improving the experience and speed when requiring attention is enabled for Face ID especially when they’re wearing masks.
Exactly, very well said, that would be just perfect. I really hope they’ll go that way instead of killing it like they did with the Touch Bar and 3D Touch.
It’d be true evolution and very good for competition, as it seems Android and even the custom ROM communities are slowly gimping/toning down/even killing the status bar’s extra functionality that used to have some links or ideas that the Dynamic Island is now doing.
Currently the Android status bar feels jarringly dated and useless especially on foldables where it could be shrunk into a floating pill around the camera or into a corner for more screen real estate. Those endless notification icons on the left… it could adopt so much from the DI while still being original, using the extra space foldables provide, adhering to the Material You principles, and not just copy things over but make them their own, giving new ideas for iOS developers in turn, too.
iPads could use a bit of a refresh too for that matter, time-sensitive notifications and their content along with the Dynamic Island features could so nicely be displayed in that top space and disturbing the user’s ongoing tasks.
And before this post gets too long, I just have to say the DI makes small things in life easier when for example working on music and having DecibelX running while a chat is open, to see the dBA so as not to disturb the neighbors, instead of having the app open all the time and when replying to someone, being unable to see its info.
Works nicely when listening to music and controlling the Apple TV, too.
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