You just rarely delivered.
    • OkidoShigeru@alien.topBEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      Yep, without really good tactile feedback it’s worse than useless, as it removed the actually useful function row. And even then I’m not too sure what you would use it for…the fact that by default in terminal it let you change the theme is really telling, even Apple couldn’t think of anything useful for it.

  • oboshoe@alien.topBEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    I’ve had the Touch Bar since 2018.

    I’m convinced I’ve accidentally activated it far more times than I intended to activate.

    And replacing the “esc” key with a touch key? It deserved to die.

  • tmih93@alien.topBEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    Touch Bar is the reason why I’m hesitant to increase specs on apple gear. I still own a macbook that works fine, has lots of SSD and RAM - and a discontinued touchbar.

  • hishnash@alien.topBEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    If apple had managed to add haptic feedback to the Touch Bar so that one could use it without always looking at the display requirin presser to trigger a button and using haptics well to let you feel the edge of each button and slider being slid it would have worked but without haptics most users and devs did not care for it.

  • tusi2@alien.topBEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    I think the Touch Bar helped with the development of Apple Silicon or at least its integration with macOS, so the title could also read “…You Delivered Incredible Results”.

  • frockinbrock@alien.topBEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    Was an interesting idea. I think for it to take off they would have needed to shorten the trackpad, move the keyboard down slightly, keep full F-row at half-height, and make the touchscreen taller and closer to bottom of the screen. It was so small, lo-res, and usually slightly covered up by hands.
    On top of this, even Apple didn’t use it for much on their apps, in general it was rarely utilized well.

    Overall I think the key part of it was evolution and learning for apple silicon on the Mac.

    I’ve never been able to adjust my workflow for it; I simply don’t look at the keyboard much at all.
    Also I found that the brief period I really tried to use it, it kind of triggered some muscle memory that had me touching the main screen quite a bit, which of course doesn’t work and leaves fingerprints. It’s a weird hybrid.

  • Mcnst@alien.topBEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    Good riddance.

    As a professional, I keep my fingers on the keyboard at all times.

    Then came the touchbar. Phantom key presses all the time, having to be conscious where your fingers are at all times. A true nightmare. So glad to have the function keys back.

  • Suzzie_sunshine@alien.topBEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    I hated that thing. Replacing the F keys with that was an F’ing disaster. Also it was buggy. Had to take mine in for repairs twice.

  • not_a_gumby@alien.topBEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    I have a 2018 MacBook Pro and to this day, I can skip almost any ad using the Touch Bar. It’s a super power and I love it, no one else seems to know about it though.

  • dukezap1@alien.topBEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    I still have the touch bar on the 2019 16” Pro. I love it and don’t want the new models without it

  • sir_duckingtale@alien.topBEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    Most of what Apple does, does

    Think about a Keyboard with OLED keys

    Heck even one with RGB and Brightness Control would be a beauty to behold