[suprgeek]

The touch bar is useless - worse than useless

1) No haptic feedback if I hit a key - did I hit it? just terrible for touch typists

2) Context switching according to an app - now you expect me to remember another whole new way to interact in addition to on-screen and keyboard short cuts - WHY?

3) Should I look at the keyboard or not - if not then why do the glowy keys on the keyboard keep distracting me? If yes then WTF is the screen for?

4)Do all Apple products have this or not? Why is there no external keyboard with TouchBar?

Complete misfire on Apple's part (Reference : Currently use MBP 15 latest version for work)

[xapata]

A large number of users are not touch typists and do not remember keyboard shortcuts. They look down at the keyboard when typing. Those users will love the touch bar.

[tfcata]

Then don't call it pro.

[adrianN]

I've seen many professional programmers typing with two fingers while looking at the keyboard.

[dingo_bat]

I do this and even though I'm not a touch typist, there is a sense of position information about keys in my mind. However with the touch bar (I'm assuming, having never used one for longer than 2 minutes), even that sense will not help.

[dbbk]

Is there really a large overlap between people looking down at the keyboard, and people buying a professional machine?

[xapata]

I think so. One of the best programmers I know types quite slowly, often glancing down. He's the author of some very popular open-source work. Many thousands of programmers build on his code daily.

[bouke]

I really miss touch feedback as well. The TouchBar wouldn't have been such a disaster if it provided feedback.