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2017-06-08, 07:17

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Originally Posted by Eugene View Post
The problem: Nobody knows how to make touch not suck on a traditional desktop OS.
The solution: Not the TouchBar
Arguably, the trackpad is already an awesome, if partial solution to that. I've been using Apple's trackpads for a decade and a half now and much, much prefer them over mice*.

But it's indeed incomplete.

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Originally Posted by Eugene View Post
The TouchBar is merely a sandbox...its sole purpose is to add contextual touch UIs to Mac OS while still keeping it segregated. It'll grow downward, eventually replacing the keyboard and touchpad long before Apple adds touch directly to the primary display.
Nah.

*) With one exception: first-person shooters.
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