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Re: New Macbooks

From Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
Newsgroups comp.sys.mac.system
Subject Re: New Macbooks
Date 2016-11-08 18:19 +0000
Organization People for the Ethical Treatment of Pirates
Message-ID <e8eja8Fns3lU3@mid.individual.net> (permalink)
References (2 earlier) <slrno1tmdn.qs6.howard@foxtrot.local> <061120160634591351%nospam@nospam.invalid> <nvqmq1$1dfa$1@gioia.aioe.org> <071120161712257623%nospam@nospam.invalid> <slrno22fcc.1juc.g.kreme@snow.local>

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On 2016-11-08, Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> wrote:
> In message <071120161712257623%nospam@nospam.invalid> 
>   nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> wrote:
>> In article <nvqmq1$1dfa$1@gioia.aioe.org>, Calum
>> <com.gmail@nospam.scottishwildcat> wrote:
>
>>> >> Maybe there will be some external mechanical
>>> >> keyboards with TouchBars soon.
>>> >
>>> > quite likely. probably when they get around to updating the imac.
>>> 
>>> Maybe. Given Apple's obsession with making everything wireless, though, 
>>> maybe not, as the TouchBar is probably a considerable rechargable 
>>> battery hog.
>
>> if it is, it just means apple will put in a bigger battery or it will
>> be a wired keyboard out of necessity.
>
>>> It's also questionable how well it would work in an external keyboard 
>>> anyway -- on a laptop it's virtually an extension of the screen so 
>>> there's not much change of focus required to shift your gaze between 
>>> them. The distance between keyboard and screen on a desktop machine is 
>>> both greater and more variable.
>
>> the distance between the keyboard and the display doesn't matter. the
>> touch bar is just another row of keys which *replaces* function keys
>> that were previously there and which nobody complained were too far
>> away or required changing one's focus.
>
> True, but the use of the Function Keys is a bit different than the touch
> bar. No one was ever using the function row for more than a single
> key press (or maybe two).

In many cases there are single-tap buttons on the TouchBar. The
multi-touch feature is simply an *enhancement* to what came before. 

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JR

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New Macbooks JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2016-10-28 00:39 -0400
  Re: New Macbooks Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2016-10-28 18:33 +1300
    Re: New Macbooks pixel_a_ted <pixel_a_ted@yahoo.com> - 2016-10-28 17:29 -0700
      Re: New Macbooks pixel_a_ted <pixel_a_ted@yahoo.com> - 2016-10-28 17:29 -0700
      Re: New Macbooks Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2016-10-29 14:34 +1300
        Re: New Macbooks pixel_a_ted <pixel_a_ted@yahoo.com> - 2016-10-28 19:10 -0700
          Re: New Macbooks Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2016-10-29 17:32 +1300
            Re: New Macbooks JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2016-10-29 01:53 -0400
            Re: New Macbooks pixel_a_ted <pixel_a_ted@yahoo.com> - 2016-10-29 06:17 -0700
        Re: New Macbooks Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-10-29 04:12 +0000
    Re: New Macbooks Howard S Shubs <howard@shubs.net> - 2016-11-06 07:20 +0000
      Re: New Macbooks nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-11-06 06:34 -0400
        Re: New Macbooks Howard S Shubs <howard@shubs.net> - 2016-11-07 10:10 +0000
        Re: New Macbooks Calum <com.gmail@nospam.scottishwildcat> - 2016-11-07 20:05 +0000
          Re: New Macbooks nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-11-07 17:12 -0500
            Re: New Macbooks Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2016-11-08 02:50 +0000
              Re: New Macbooks Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-11-08 18:19 +0000
  Re: New Macbooks Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-10-28 05:47 +0000
    Re: New Macbooks dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2016-11-13 20:29 +1100
  Re: New Macbooks nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-10-28 10:25 -0400
    Re: New Macbooks Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-10-28 15:51 +0000
  Re: New Macbooks me@home.spamsucks.ca (Király) - 2016-10-28 14:47 +0000
    Re: New Macbooks Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-10-28 16:23 +0000
    Re: New Macbooks Davoud <star@sky.net> - 2016-10-28 16:16 -0400
      Re: New Macbooks me@home.spamsucks.ca (Király) - 2016-10-28 21:10 +0000
        Re: New Macbooks Davoud <star@sky.net> - 2016-10-28 17:49 -0400
          Re: New Macbooks me@home.spamsucks.ca (Király) - 2016-10-29 00:07 +0000
            Re: New Macbooks Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2016-10-28 20:22 -0400
              Re: New Macbooks me@home.spamsucks.ca (Király) - 2016-10-29 00:45 +0000
                Re: New Macbooks nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-10-28 20:54 -0400
                Re: New Macbooks Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2016-10-29 09:44 -0400
              Re: New Macbooks Doc O'Leary  <droleary@2015usenet1.subsume.com> - 2016-10-29 15:15 +0000
                Re: New Macbooks Davoud <star@sky.net> - 2016-10-30 12:09 -0400
            Re: New Macbooks Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2016-10-29 13:55 +1300
            Re: New Macbooks nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-10-28 20:54 -0400
        Re: New Macbooks Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2016-10-29 13:53 +1300
    Re: New Macbooks Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2016-10-29 10:12 +1300
  Re: New Macbooks Davoud <star@sky.net> - 2016-10-28 16:11 -0400
  Re: New Macbooks Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2016-10-29 04:51 +0000

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