TBH the touch bar seems like a half-arsed response to everyone else getting touch screens. Swiping photos, swiping timelines ... would be more natural on your actual screen, and almost as natural just using the trackpad or mouse.
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#22I can't get over the ESC key. I need to experience it in order to make a final decision but even though it's "there" the position looks awkward.
You can remap the capslock key to escape. Or do what I do, have capslock be ctrl when combined with a non modifier key, and escape otherwise. I enter normal mode with my pinky.
Not sure for how many people, mine is already remapped to Ctrl key
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#23Microsoft Ribbon on the HUD to Apple Touchbar on the Keyboard. I think this was a natural transition since it is more customizable and baked into more applications. The mobile/social UIs have created an opportunity for Apple to make a more modular interface that goes beyond the screen, or at least extends the screen onto the keyboard.
This also allows Apple to avoid making the primary screen a touchscreen since they ergonomics don't make sense with the current form factors. Also, by not making the entire keyboard surface touch it ensures the primary typing experience with haptic feedback stays intact.
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#24The touch bar examples shown are a usability disaster. You're going to hide UI from the screen and make me keep looking at the keyboard to find functionality?
I stopped looking at the keyboard every 10 seconds when I learned how to touch type.
The presenter spent most of his time looking at the keyboard and not the screen.
This gimmick will disappear when Apple decides a touch screen is needed to complete the slow merge with iOS.
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#254 USB-C ports. Kind of a bummer that I have to get a dongle to charge my iPhone SE with this thing.
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#26I can't get over the ESC key. I need to experience it in order to make a final decision but even though it's "there" the position looks awkward.
The entire function row still exists including the Escape Key. The Touch Bar is customizable, and I would imagine we will see a "global ESC" application pretty quick.
Perhaps there is a business opportunity here, selling $9.99 USB-C Esc key dongles?
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#27Vim users: best of luck.
This is a nice excuse to start using ctrl + [ rather than esc key. It is even better if you remap your caps lock key to ctrl. :)
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#28I cannot understand how a company like Apple, known and proven to build exceptional hardware, won't let me use my iPhone headset with the new MacBook.
What is an iPhone headset? How does it differ from other headsets?
Edit: thank you. Does that mean the female lightning connector would only be used for headphones? Yeah, talk about vendor lockin and connector deprecation.
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#29I can't get over the ESC key. I need to experience it in order to make a final decision but even though it's "there" the position looks awkward.
The entire function row still exists including the Escape Key. The Touch Bar is customizable, and I would imagine we will see a "global ESC" application pretty quick.
The fact that the function keys aren't "customizable" is a feature, not a bug. The contextualization being touted as a selling point of the Touch Bar means that instead of relying on muscle memory to push a key that is always going to be in the same place, I will now have to look away from the screen to make sure I'm doing the right thing.
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#30I can't get over the ESC key. I need to experience it in order to make a final decision but even though it's "there" the position looks awkward.
On my laptop, I already use Karabiner to make Caps Lock function as Control if used as a modifier key, and ESC if just tapped. Much easier to reach, works for both Emacs and Vim keybindings, only issue is that sometimes you hit ESC by accident if you start doing a chord but then decide against it. I personally think this is a better solution than a soft key for escape, but it may not be to everyone's taste.