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0 pointswolvoleo2mo ago0 comments

True, if they'd kept the function keys and just added the touch bar above it it would have been great. Weird thing is there was more than enough space for both so I don't understand why they didn't do that.

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vanviegen2mo ago

Or replace them with physical keys with tiny LCDs screen on them to indicate their meaning in the current context.

wolvoleoOP2mo ago

Yeah but still, function keys for me are so important I don't like switching them for any reason. Even the Fn+ functions for like volume etc I don't really like, I would much rather have additional buttons for that.

In that sense a touch bar in addition to function keys would be very nice, because it's a much smoother way to adjust volume.

vanviegen2mo ago

Oh, I agree, I want my function keys! But this would allow software to communicate what the function keys actually do in this context. When you hold a modifier key, the labels could change.

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vanviegen2mo ago

Or replace them with physical keys with tiny LCDs screen on them to indicate their meaning in the current context.

wolvoleoOP2mo ago

In that sense a touch bar in addition to function keys would be very nice, because it's a much smoother way to adjust volume.

vanviegen2mo ago

Oh, I agree, I want my function keys! But this would allow software to communicate what the function keys actually do in this context. When you hold a modifier key, the labels could change.

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