HACKINTOSH.ORG | Macintosh discussion forums

Opinion: More thoughts on how the new MacBook Pro’s rumored touch-panel could work

<div class="feat-image">(https://9to5mac.files.wordpress.com/2016/06/main.png?w=1600&h=1000#038;h=500)</div>
<p>In an <a href="http://9to5mac.com/2016/05/24/2016-macbook-pro-features-opinion/" target="_blank">opinion piece[/url] a couple of weeks ago, I described the way I hope the rumored touch-panel will be used: dynamic content available to app developers to create one-touch shortcuts. Effectively you’d get similar benefits to a <span class="s1"><span class="s2"><a href="http://amzn.to/1WM87zb" target="_blank">physical keyboard skin[/url] but for every app. Check out that piece first if you haven’t already read it so I don’t need to repeat the same points here.</span></span></p>
<p>Of course, there are potential downsides to that too. At present, I’m used to being able to adjust the volume or play/pause music, for example, just by pressing a key. My fingers know where those keys are, so it’s very easy to do. If the standard functions were overwritten by apps, it would become a fiddlier process to do things we currently take for granted.</p>
<p>So here are a few thoughts about how Apple might give us the best of both worlds – and the somewhat provocative view that the touch-panel might still be a good thing even if it turns out to be nothing more than a gimmick …</p>
<p> <a href="http://9to5mac.com/2016/06/07/opinion-macbook-pro-touch-panel/#more-433734" class="more-link">more…[/url]</p>
Filed under: <a href='http://9to5mac.com/category/opinion/'>Opinion[/url] Tagged: <a href='http://9to5mac.com/tag/2016-macbook-pro/'>2016 MacBook Pro[/url], <a href='http://9to5mac.com/tag/macbook-pro/'>MacBook Pro[/url], <a href='http://9to5mac.com/tag/oled/'>OLED[/url], <a href='http://9to5mac.com/tag/opinion/'>Opinion[/url] <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/9to5mac.wordpress.com/433734/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/9to5mac.wordpress.com/433734/" />[/url] <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/9to5mac.wordpress.com/433734/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/9to5mac.wordpress.com/433734/" />[/url] <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gofacebook/9to5mac.wordpress.com/433734/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/facebook/9to5mac.wordpress.com/433734/" />[/url] <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gotwitter/9to5mac.wordpress.com/433734/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/twitter/9to5mac.wordpress.com/433734/" />[/url] <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/9to5mac.wordpress.com/433734/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/9to5mac.wordpress.com/433734/" />[/url] <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/9to5mac.wordpress.com/433734/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/9to5mac.wordpress.com/433734/" />[/url] <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/9to5mac.wordpress.com/433734/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/9to5mac.wordpress.com/433734/" />[/url] <img alt="" border="0" src="(http://[img]http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif)[/img]?host=9to5mac.com&blog=22754319&post=433734&subd=9to5mac&ref=&feed=1" width="1" height="1" /><img alt="" border="0" src="(http://[img]http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif)[/img]?host=9to5mac.com&blog=22754319&post=433734&subd=9to5mac&ref=&feed=1" width="1" height="1" /><div class="feedflare">
<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/9To5Mac-MacAllDay?i=tb2oBCE8s1Y:odzg7TR_yHI:D7DqB2pKExk" border="0"></img> (http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/9To5Mac-MacAllDay?a=tb2oBCE8s1Y:odzg7TR_yHI:D7DqB2pKExk)
</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/9To5Mac-MacAllDay/~4/tb2oBCE8s1Y" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>

Source: Opinion: More thoughts on how the new MacBook Pro’s rumored touch-panel could work (http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/9To5Mac-MacAllDay/~3/tb2oBCE8s1Y/)