Notches Gone Wild(blog.iconfactory.com) |
Notches Gone Wild(blog.iconfactory.com) |
Edit: oh wait sorry I see they have published it on the app store. Cool
What was noticeable was how nice the new body shape is.
Also, on the computer, I enjoy having somewhere I can hide the mouse pointer, if I don't want to see it.
Could you elaborate?
I have a visual allergy to notches on phones. I just can't fathom how someone can get used to it on a laptop.
> And for those of you without a new MacBook Pro, Notchmeister also includes a genuine replacement notch. Be warned that side effects of this feature include making you want a new Mac even more than you already do. Sorry.
(from App store description)
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It's a black box on the top part of the screen that houses the front-facing camera and other sensors. The notch easily distinguishes the iPhone X from its older cousins and is considered part of the overall good design.
https://miro.medium.com/max/1000/1*2vE1g5s1yx-W3XNy9qjPGQ.jp... ---
I assume this "app" adds hanging lights to the notch at the "top" of your device.
The display has really good contrast, and you wouldn’t be able to tell it’s not just the bezel. I legitimately can barely see it even when I’m trying to.
I like that they basically put the menu bar and the webcam in the same space. It means I have more vertical space for the rest of my stuff. Is it perfect? I'd love a camera that could be invisibly embedded under a display and still work perfectly, but I'd also love to be able to teleport. It seems like a good engineering compromise to make something that works well. Really, the new MacBook Pros are just amazing in ways I'd resigned myself to putting up with Apple being annoying. No more touch-bar, giant escape key, emoji key, ports, and not trying to shave every tiny bit of weight/size when doing so would compromise usability. They even went with a 20% larger battery for the 14" and the 12% sharper display isn't transformative, but it's a nice upgrade.
The notch is a good use of otherwise wasted space, at least for me.