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by dmitriid 3524 days ago
> Profesionals use external interfaces all the time

Hence the need for the touchbar is further greatly reduced

> It's also not about those "keyboard shortcuts"... There are literally tons of other things we now use sliders, dials, etc for in Pro programs, and which arbitrary speed and "jump to place"

Which are delegated to a tiny strip in an awkward location (notice how carefully everyone is holding their fingers at ~90 degrees to the keyboard) controlled by very imprecise finger movements

> Anyway, let's give it a year and we'll see how many pro's swear by it.

I can agree on that :) We need more actual field experience

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> Which are delegated to a tiny strip in an awkward location

Yeah, it seems like it might have been more useful to put it on the side of the keyboard. And they wouldn't have even needed to get rid of escape and the F-keys then.