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Nyancat on the touchbar
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Re: Nyancat on the touchbar
#112I want to see a music app on it so somebody do a sweet theremin solo on that thing keytar style.
Do you have a mouse or a touchscreen? You can already do this pretty succesfully: http://staticresource.com/theremin.html (Note: android, and computer users can use this righht away, but iOS users will need to add this page to their homescreen before Apple is fully convinced that the users DOES want to hear sounds generated via the web audio API. Seems silly, but Apple doesnt trust that users know what they want)
But I don't want to hear sounds generated by the web audio API. So this behaviour seems entirely correct to me.
Re: Nyancat on the touchbar
#113So... just about the touchbar and not this particular project: The touchbar is on the keyboard, almost perpendicularly (and many times at an obtuse angle) opposite to the screen. So I have to move my head up and down all the time. This is not an issue with the regular keyboard because it has physical buttons which don't change their meaning, so I have memorized the layout and I can use my muscle memory. To avoid movi…
> So I have to move my head up and down all the time. No you don't have to. You can simply move your eyes. Also humans have this ability called "peripheral vision". Not to mention using the touchbar is optional. If you want to memorise all the key combinations, you're fine. I think we should stop guessing about a new UI method before we actually try it.
> If you want to memorise all the key combinations, you're fine.
So they didn’t remove an entire row of function keys that were used for exactly that purpose?
Re: Nyancat on the touchbar
#114To evoke maximum outrage, you should show AdMob mobile banner ads on the Touch Bar. First app to do it wins a free press cycle.
I'm already working on it :))
Re: Nyancat on the touchbar
#115Earlier quoted context omitted.
> Considering zero part of my keyboard is in my field of vision Zero? Is that even possible? When using a laptop, it's impossible to look at the display without being able to also look at the keyboard (and touchbar) by just moving your _eyes_. You don't have to move your head. I think your assumption is not reasonable at all.
> Zero? Is that even possible? I don't look at my keyboard when typing so other than the slight realization that it is there on a laptop I never look at it (but yes it would technically be in my field of vision in this case but that misses the point). However on a desktop setup / docked laptop the keyboard isn't anywhere near where I could see it without significantly moving my head down. Regardless discussing field…
Again you said: "Considering zero part of my keyboard is in my field of vision I'd say yes I'd have to _move_ my head up and down."
I hope you understand that you move your eyes when you look at different things on your display. The touchbar is just another display that is only slightly lower than the lowest part of your display. You don't need to move your head to see that, only your eyes. The same eyes you move when you look at different things on the main display.
Re: Nyancat on the touchbar
#116Earlier quoted context omitted.
> So I have to move my head up and down all the time. No you don't have to. You can simply move your eyes. Also humans have this ability called "peripheral vision". Not to mention using the touchbar is optional. If you want to memorise all the key combinations, you're fine. I think we should stop guessing about a new UI method before we actually try it.
> If you want to memorise all the key combinations, you're fine. So they didn’t remove an entire row of function keys that were used for exactly that purpose?
The function keys are still there, you can invoke them by holding down the fn button just as before.
Re: Nyancat on the touchbar
#117Earlier quoted context omitted.
> If you want to memorise all the key combinations, you're fine. So they didn’t remove an entire row of function keys that were used for exactly that purpose?
The function keys are still there, you can invoke them by holding down the fn button just as before.
There’s an F1 key? an F2 key? etc?
Compare http://store.storeimages.cdn-apple.com/8748/as-images.apple.... with https://camo.githubusercontent.com/60a3261655b2aca41e04bb32f...
Oh wait, nope, there’s not.
Re: Nyancat on the touchbar
#118could someone who has the TouchBar tell me: is it possible to lock the function keys in place? Does the user or the app have ultimate control of its little screen? edit: I say this as someone who loves nyancat, and would love to have a nyan-mode on/off toggle somewhere, if I had a TouchBar.
They did talk about customization with a drag and drop interface. Hopefully they allow us to drop what we want there!
Re: Nyancat on the touchbar
#119My big issue with the touch bar is it will be a far awkward reach for me when I use my desk with external monitor with a external keyboard. It's really only useful when I work outside my office. :(
This. I think from now on, If I get a Macbook Pro, I will just buy 2 monitors, and get them upper so the monitors with the laptop screen would make like a "V". With a mouse and no more... Because a keyboard with touchbar I think will be pretty expensive... But It will be at least a year until I change my actual macbook so a lot of can happen in one year, like Microsoft updating the Surface book...
Re: Nyancat on the touchbar
#120To evoke maximum outrage, you should show AdMob mobile banner ads on the Touch Bar. First app to do it wins a free press cycle.
smart idea, so instead of annoying popups on website or free apps you get something in the dashbar