In fact, individually, they are all really trivial, but they do add up to a feature which is beginning to make sense to me. And there are a few things I like about it. However, glitches aside, I haven’t yet found any downside. That impression wasn’t helped by me considering that many of its uses were either gimmicks – like auto-correct (pointless as you’re looking at the screen, not the keyboard, while typing) – or downright silly, like microscopic Safari or photo thumbnails. I did initially wonder whether Apple had done the same thing with the Touch Bar : invented a cool piece of tech and then tried to figure out what it’s for. Perhaps, like the Apple Watch, it will demonstrate its value when I actually use it.Ī week in, I wasn’t exactly sold, but I could at least see some small benefits – and I could get the thinking behind it. Again, the screen and trackpad seem a more natural way to do things than to be moving my hand back-and-forth between two different touch surfaces and my eyes up-and-down between the Touch Bar and the screen.īut I’ve been wrong before, and I’m quite prepared to be proven wrong again. I’m also not terribly convinced about the idea of using them for toolbars. Why on earth would I want to swipe through microscopic photo thumbnails on a tiny strip that I’m covering with my fingers when I could be doing the same thing in a decent size on that lovely display without obscuring anything? The video timeline example struck me as even more ridiculous. However, some of the demos Apple gave seemed to be rather silly. I tried to keep an open mind when I first saw it.įrom a gadget perspective, it’s impressive. But today I go further and wonder whether it adds any value at all … ? Last time I discussed this, I concluded it wasn’t worth the premium it likely adds to the price of the machine – and the majority of you agreed with me.
One of the questions a lot of people had when Apple first announced the current incarnation of the MacBook Pro design was: is the Touch Bar a gimmick?
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