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I recently upgraded to a newer Macbook, one with a Touch Bar. So far, I haven't found its defaults useful for me in most apps I use for work. I've re-mapped esc to my Caps Lock key, but otherwise haven't done anything.
Any way to make this weird thing useful for programming?
Yeah, a fair bit, mostly for browser stuff like navigating, or when changing tabs in VSCode.
The touch-bar is definitely not worth a grand though.
I don't have a Touch bar, but this is my favorite use I've seen for it -
mjaniszew
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osx-touchbar-party-parrot
It displays Party Parrots on MacBook's Pro Touch Bar using Electron. Because we need Party Parrots everywhere!
npm install to install all dependencies
npm start to run Party Parrots on MacBook's Pro fancy Touch Bar and serve its true purpose
npm test to test parrots
Nope, I'm almost 3 years into it and have been waiting this whole time for a new macbook pro without a touch bar. And I see now that doesn't exist anymore. 😭