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August 6, 2018 09:25 pm
Original Link: http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/Yi3xtmviH_c/the-touch-bar-could-replace-the-keyboard-on-future-macbooks
The Touch Bar Could Replace the Keyboard on Future Macbooks
Apple's new patent applications hint at more touch-sensitive surfaces and virtual keyboards. From a report: In the wake of user complaints and multiple lawsuits concerning problems with the "butterfly switch" keyboard Apple has used in its laptops since 2016, the company may be developing new user interfaces that depend less on moving mechanical parts. The company has filed three new keyboard-related patents, Mashable reported on Monday. One of the patent applications describes a laptop with a digital panel where a keyboard traditionally sits. This could be interpreted as a plan to replace the conventional keyboard with technology similar to the Touch Bar -- the row of virtual, customizable buttons that Apple debuted on the Macbook Pro in 2016. The patent also includes information about sensors and haptics embedded beneath the envisioned digital panel, which would allow it to detect and respond to user inputs such as keystrokes, taps and clicks.Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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