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Touchbar for frameworks (alien.top)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Ive never personally owned a macbook, nor any laptop with a touchbar, but i love the idea of having one as a volume slider, with the addition of being able to skip youtube ads. Definitely a fun little module

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

As someone who has used the touchbar, it is infinitely worse than the function row. It makes changing the volume a 2 or 3 button press and looking down at the touchbar instead of using muscle memory to blindly reach and make a quick change. Apple had the best chance of getting software support because they made both the operating system and the hardware, and they're known for being the most capable of getting new technologies supported by third parties. While not always the case, I think that if apple couldn't make the touchbar successful, then no one else can.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

The touchbar was quite popular. I never meant for it to replace the function row, more of an addon