I'm astounded Apple approved this. Guidelines for both iOS and macOS include "don't draw attention to the notch".
Obviously it draws attention away from the notch! /s
Notches Gone Wild
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#12So notch owners... what happens when you watch a video full screen.. do you just miss out on the pixels in the notch area?
The screen is sized such that the area below the notch is the standard 16x10 macs have used for a long time. You can think of it as having the same displays we’ve always had. In contexts where the active application knows how to deal with the notch, it basically operates as if you’ve reclaimed some of the space in the top bezel. When the active application doesn’t know how to deal with it (full screen apps that don’t declare they’re willing to deal with the notch), the top just stays dark and you have a regular-sized bezel.
The display has really good contrast, and you wouldn’t be able to tell it’s not just the bezel. I legitimately can barely see it even when I’m trying to.
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#13So notch owners... what happens when you watch a video full screen.. do you just miss out on the pixels in the notch area?
The area below the notch is 16:10, so your typical 16:9 video content is letterboxed and won't even touch the bottom of the notch
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#14So notch owners... what happens when you watch a video full screen.. do you just miss out on the pixels in the notch area?
I dislike the notch as much as the next guy, but they started with a 16:10 display and actually ADDED pixels on top around the camera. In this case, you're not losing ANY pixels due to the notch. Videos should play just fine given that most are 16:9 or wider.
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#15So notch owners... what happens when you watch a video full screen.. do you just miss out on the pixels in the notch area?
The screen is sized such that the area below the notch is the standard 16x10 macs have used for a long time. You can think of it as having the same displays we’ve always had. In contexts where the active application knows how to deal with the notch, it basically operates as if you’ve reclaimed some of the space in the top bezel. When the active application doesn’t know how to deal with it (full screen apps that don’t…
Yea, it's a 16x10.4 display. If you're watching 16x9 content, it didn't stretch vertically on old Macs that were 16x10 either. On this screen, it just doesn't come close to the notch. If you're doing full-screen with something that doesn't have a Mac menu bar, it just uses the display area under the notch so you don't see any notch.
I like that they basically put the menu bar and the webcam in the same space. It means I have more vertical space for the rest of my stuff. Is it perfect? I'd love a camera that could be invisibly embedded under a display and still work perfectly, but I'd also love to be able to teleport. It seems like a good engineering compromise to make something that works well. Really, the new MacBook Pros are just amazing in ways I'd resigned myself to putting up with Apple being annoying. No more touch-bar, giant escape key, emoji key, ports, and not trying to shave every tiny bit of weight/size when doing so would compromise usability. They even went with a 20% larger battery for the 14" and the 12% sharper display isn't transformative, but it's a nice upgrade.
The notch is a good use of otherwise wasted space, at least for me.
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#16I'm astounded Apple approved this. Guidelines for both iOS and macOS include "don't draw attention to the notch".
They don't have to approve anything on Mac. You can install stuff without using the app store
Edit: oh wait sorry I see they have published it on the app store. Cool
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#17This is honestly hilarious and adorable. I wish I had a notch so I could install it.
You can if you'd like to:
> And for those of you without a new MacBook Pro, Notchmeister also includes a genuine replacement notch. Be warned that side effects of this feature include making you want a new Mac even more than you already do. Sorry.
(from App store description)
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#18This is honestly hilarious and adorable. I wish I had a notch so I could install it.
It's very much like the old days of computing. Before everything got serious and humor became taboo.
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#19This takes me right back to those quirky old Mac OS 7/8/9 extensions that destabilized your system.
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#20It's funny how much of big deal the notch was when the new Macs came out, but after using my MBP for a month+, I never (and I mean never) even notice it or get bothered by it.