Re:I returned my 2016 MacBook Pro with Touch Bar
by jstapels on Tuesday January 10, 2017 @11:03AM
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I think the missing ESC is probably the majority of the issues the nay-sayers have.
I bet if they had just moved the ESC key to the tilde and had the Fn key turn it back into the tilde key, people (developers) would have received the touch bar a lot better.
Re:I returned my 2016 MacBook Pro with Touch Bar
by OJFord on Tuesday January 10, 2017 @06:49PM
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> I bet if they had just moved the ESC key to the tilde
No! Tilde/backtick key, are you kidding?
I use those almost as much in a development setting as Esc!
Re:I returned my 2016 MacBook Pro with Touch Bar
by jstapels on Wednesday January 11, 2017 @09:39AM
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You cut off the rest of my comment, I said the Fn key turns it back into the Backtick/Tilde key.
Other than "Shell" programmers, I don't think the backtick is really that popular. System and embedded programmer would probably be frustrated without simple access to the tilde for bit flipping, but overall, I think having ESC back make the most number of people happy.
But they took away the Esc key...
IMO the touch bar should have purely replaced Fn keys - running between Esc and a power/touchID combi-button. Cheaper model could then fairly seamlessly have stuck with Fn keys still, and all would have a proper Esc key and power/touchID.