![]() ![]() If the original Mac OS had needed to support a large body of users who had cursor keys but didn’t have a mouse, then maybe the mouse would have gone away just like the Touch Bar. This brings to mind the decision (attributed, I believe, to Jobs) to omit cursor keys from the original Mac keyboard–developers will adopt a feature if they have to, and they had to support the mouse. So even if you had a great idea to implement a feature with the Touch Bar, you would still have had to develop an alternate implementation for the large population of users who didn’t have one. ![]() Apple never stopped selling non-Touch Bar laptops, and the Touch Bar was never available on any sort of external keyboard for use on iMacs or Mac Minis (or iPads for that matter). This lack of support seems to me to have resulted from the lack of universality. It failed not due to lack of capability but due to lack of support, from both Apple and third-party developers. I’m not surprised that they killed the Touch Bar, but I am disappointed. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |