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0 pointslloeki2y ago0 comments

I live with it, the most annoying part being how big it is vertically. It has a weird psychological effect of screaming WASTED SPACE!!! at me, even though I rationally know that if the screen would start below would make for less space.

It's constantly bothering me to the point that I set a background with a black area at the top so that it blends with the menubar. I don't have a problem with the menubar icons though because I keep that tidy and minimal.

I punt on the issue through clamshell mode most of the time though.

To each their own, and TBH I have worse pet peeves.

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j452y ago· 1 in thread

Is there a chance anything that us paid attention to grows in size.

Would anyone be willing to go to an older laptop without it?

Assuming not, what are the options? External displays?

I find I usually look at the content on the screen not the webcam or the notch, but it could be different for others

felixding2y ago

> Would anyone be willing to go to an older laptop without it?

Yes, I did.

devsda2y ago

The way I see it, we can think of the screen below the notch as actual display area and consider the area next to notch as bonus display dedicated for menubar. The bonus area goes dark when in fullscreen app. So, the app area is consistent in both modes.

This way you don't have to feel like there's wasted space.

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