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I don't think the demos are making a good job at making it look "easy" to interact with the Touch Bar. It feels very cumbersome: eyes on screen, one hand on track pad another hand on the touchbar, so eyes on touchbar too, and from time to time one hand on the traditional keys (e.g.: for the demos with Messages and Mail).

Perhaps it's just me, but I find it overwhelming.

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It combines all the disadvantages of a keyboard with all the disadvantages of a touch device.

I kept thinking this as well. Without tactile feedback its an awfully small area to work with.

Yes, that's a very good point. I could see it being more useful if it where a much larger area. So that not so many interactions require coordinating the keyboard, the touch bar and the trackpad simultaneously.

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