Re:Microsoft is mocking now doomed Apple Touch Bar
by zepto on Monday January 25, 2021 @08:53PM
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Ignoring the Microsoft part mocking, I’d be very curious to know how non programmers found this feature.
Most programmers I know are tend to be seeking muscle memory for editing, and the touch bar adds nothing for that, but rather takes away useful keys.
I’ve sometimes gone as far (as quite a few people do) as to reprogram an external keypad to give me instant access to editor commands.
However, when I’m not programming, i tend to be much more deliberative and quite like the idea of having basic app functions available dynamically on the keyboard.
It would be interesting to know whether anyone liked it.
Re:Microsoft is mocking now doomed Apple Touch Bar
by mandeepj on Monday January 25, 2021 @11:16PM
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I believe it can be said that the rational is similar to - how people like Tesla’s touchscreen usage experience in-relation to using physical knob buttons
Most programmers I know are tend to be seeking muscle memory for editing, and the touch bar adds nothing for that, but rather takes away useful keys.
I’ve sometimes gone as far (as quite a few people do) as to reprogram an external keypad to give me instant access to editor commands.
However, when I’m not programming, i tend to be much more deliberative and quite like the idea of having basic app functions available dynamically on the keyboard.
It would be interesting to know whether anyone liked it.
What does it do in XCode?
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25903030