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Re: Pock: Display macOS Dock in Touch Bar

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Post by bunkydoo »

dustinfarris wrote: post #2

This is what Touch Bar should have been from the beginning IMO. I've been on the fence to upgrade my 2012 MBP. I've been concerned about buying into the Touch Bar hardware when it seems like it is not coming to any other Macs. Why should I devote time to learning Touch Bar and trying to find ways to integrate it with my workflow when keyboard shortcuts are more than enough—and probably better? What happens when I sit…

I'll agree here - I always saw it as a gimmick that was poorly implemented but this takes the cake late in the game. This would make it a worthy thing to have.

Now besides that, I am in the camp that the physical keyboard and trackpad should be eliminated entirely in favor of haptics along with a palm tracking system that would know 'keyboard' from 'mouse' usage allowing the entire space to be utilized freely. But now we are entering a whole new territory of cracked screens. I've dropped a lot of shit on my keyboard before.

Re: Pock: Display macOS Dock in Touch Bar

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Post by jack_pp »

pintxo wrote: post #64
city41 wrote: post #56

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Unfortunately ThinkPad trackpads aren’t nearly as good as MacBook trackpads.

REAL Thinkpad users will only ever use the little red stick and disable the trackpad (just joking). But it‘s worth a try, takes a couple days to get used to first.

Thinkpad user here, on Linux, with disabled trackpad. Vim and i3 make it almost useless

Re: Pock: Display macOS Dock in Touch Bar

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Post by 19870213 »

tobyhinloopen wrote: post #115
pram wrote: post #5

Coincidentally I also just upgraded my personal laptop from a 2012 retina MacBook Pro to the 2019 i9 MacBook Pro! Long story short I think the touchbar is totally useless. I have it set to emulate regular function keys right now (expose, launchpad etc) However everything else is top notch and well worth it. The touchid is fantastic, and you will immediately enjoy the difference. Screen is amazing, 8 cores is super ni…

> Also I might be in the minority but I actually prefer the feel of the keyboard vs the previous unibody keys. It is not the feel of the keyboard that is "hated" - it's the reliability (the feel of the keyboard AFTER it stops being new and starts being... the 2016+ rMBP butterfly keyboard). I wonder if the 2019 keyboard is fixed, but I'm VERY sceptical.

Apple extended their keyboard service program to the new 2019 models on launch day: https://www.apple.com/support/keyboard-service-program-for-m...

Re: Pock: Display macOS Dock in Touch Bar

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Post by ptah »

pintxo wrote: post #64
city41 wrote: post #56

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Unfortunately ThinkPad trackpads aren’t nearly as good as MacBook trackpads.

REAL Thinkpad users will only ever use the little red stick and disable the trackpad (just joking). But it‘s worth a try, takes a couple days to get used to first.

you mean the nipple?

Re: Pock: Display macOS Dock in Touch Bar

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Post by mgkimsal »

lloeki wrote: post #127
chrisseaton wrote: post #66

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> devote time to learning Touch Bar How complicated do you think it is that you need to spend time learning it?

Not complicated at all, it just requires an open mindset. Some tips: Customise it to your liking in the keyboard pref pane. You can press-and-drag on volume and brightness buttons of the collapsed control strip. No need to tap then slide. You can create services (now Quick Action ) in Automator and they show up with the Show Quick Actions setting set. Since services can be contextual (input+app) you can get creative…

What I CAN NOT do, however, is move the 'ESC' key (or any, really) all the way to the left. There's always a 'Touch ID'-size spacer on the left of the Touch Bar.

Re: Pock: Display macOS Dock in Touch Bar

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Post by tillinghast »

19870213 wrote: post #133
tobyhinloopen wrote: post #115

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Also I might be in the minority but I actually prefer the feel of the keyboard vs the previous unibody keys. It is not the feel of the keyboard that is "hated" - it's the reliability (the feel of the keyboard AFTER it stops being new and starts being... the 2016+ rMBP butterfly keyboard). I wonder if the 2019 keyboard is fixed, but I'm VERY sceptical.

Apple extended their keyboard service program to the new 2019 models on launch day: https://www.apple.com/support/keyboard-service-program-for-m...

Which is to say that Apple, too, is VERY skeptical. :-)

Re: Pock: Display macOS Dock in Touch Bar

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Post by gutnor »

bodegajed wrote: post #60
pram wrote: post #5

Coincidentally I also just upgraded my personal laptop from a 2012 retina MacBook Pro to the 2019 i9 MacBook Pro! Long story short I think the touchbar is totally useless. I have it set to emulate regular function keys right now (expose, launchpad etc) However everything else is top notch and well worth it. The touchid is fantastic, and you will immediately enjoy the difference. Screen is amazing, 8 cores is super ni…

I'm also on the fence about upgrading. I am thinking of just buying a mac keyboard so I have an escape key. That key is very essential to my workflow. Do you think it's a good idea?

Mac OS support by default to map the Caps Lock key as an Escape key.

Back in the "old" days, nobody would have voluntarily admitted they used the regular Escape key implying their hand movement is anything less than optimal. Hell, Mac OS was praised for almost not making any use of the carpal tunnel inducing function keys.

Then the touch bar was released ;-)

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