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I like the Touch Bar. I use it all the time contextually in whatever app I am using. For regular, non-tech users, I've noticed that they use it too. It allows those folks to quickly access options that were previously keyboard shortcuts.

As an aside, I also enjoy the quick access to emojis.‍

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I'm really not a fan, but recently I noticed that WebStorm (IntelliJ) supports it and when looking down to find the F7 key (find all references), I was pleasantly surprised to see the option right there on the TouchBar.

Now, if I could figure out how to customize which options appeared on it, that would be great.

I think the biggest problem with it was 1) Replaced existing keys that people used 2) No apps had been updated to use it

Now that more apps use it, I can start to see some benefit from it.

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