Everyone was saying it would be eliminated, but apple has decided to keep it. I don't mind mine, but it gets annoying when I'm trying to adjust the sound and accidentally touch siri because she disconnects my bluetooth headphones for a few seconds, which sucks. I like the emoji keyboard, but I rarely use it.
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Thoughts on apple keeping the touchbar?
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Siri button can be removed from touchbar or move far away from sound slider.
Fine with it, but would love a physical escape key back, the rest of the function keys they removed can stay removed for all I care.
Not a hope that Apple will surrender the gimmick. Now to be fair, I have heard that it is liked. Although among the 200 or so people I know, all professionals, no one likes the TB and sees it as a gimmick.
I think the most we can hope for, and it essentially 0 chance, is an option to have with physical function keys or with TB. However, for self preservation, I am not holding my breath.
I think the most we can hope for, and it essentially 0 chance, is an option to have with physical function keys or with TB. However, for self preservation, I am not holding my breath.
It is ever so slightly less of a gimmick with Better Touch Tool, but yeah it’s still mostly a gimmick
They were not gonna remove it unless doing a full chassis redesign. The true break point will be next years model presumably
You do know that you can remove the Siri button, or even customize the entire bar?
I think most here realize that.
The pity is that it can't be customized off the damn machine.
More like everyone was saying it wouldn't be eliminated, can't imagine anyone who knows Apple would have expected them to backtrack on the touch bar.
Not sure who said it was going to be eliminated - especially since even if Apple wanted to remove it, they wouldn't out of principle. You can't just dub something as the next best thing and then just go back to what you bashed - they'd have to have an acceptable 3rd option. It is telling that the touchbar, even 2 years on, hasn't been implemented in any other devices (including the Apple keyboard).
No, I saw a lot of people saying it was a failure and pointing out evidence about it being replaced.
Lots of people say that they don't need function keys, and that tb is great for them. I hope apple comes out with full touch keyboard in next gen, so they can enjoy touch interface even more 
Well there is some chance - after all, they did surrender the MagSafe...
...oh wait, it wasn’t a gimmick, never mind.
Seriously, we can expect anything from Apple, they are so desperate to be innovative that I wouldn’t be surprised to see a huge touch bar replacing all the keys or some crap like that.
I agree, I don't see apple removing it, but I wouldn't be surprised that apple doesn't roll it out further either. It was not well received, it hasn't been really embraced by the developers.
Thought I would hate the touch bar but so far it has proved exceptionally useful in everything from text input(giving me suggestions) to having some quick shortcuts for running my unit tests. I will however mirror that the escape key would be a welcome return, however since it has helped me write with fewer mistakes and do my day to day coding faster, it is a welcome addition.
Lots of people say that they don't need function keys, and that tb is great for them. I hope apple comes out with full touch keyboard in next gen, so they can enjoy touch interface even more
I can guarantee they will have prototypes running with an all glass keyboard like the iPads. If there’s haptic feedback involved, I’d be really interested to see just how that feels.
And imagine how thin the laptop could be
I kind of like it... customisation can be made to suite your need, and you can completely disabled it to the point only FN keys will be always displayed.
There is nothing 'pro' about it.
Pro's watch the screen while their hands feel which buttons to press.
Impossible with the touchbar.
Leave it for the air and macbooks, not the pro.
Pro's watch the screen while their hands feel which buttons to press.
Impossible with the touchbar.
Leave it for the air and macbooks, not the pro.
Indeed. By far the most important thing in a 'pro' laptop. Make it throttle even more