Speculating on rumored OLED Touch Bar for MacBooks


9 to 5 Mac has an interesting piece speculating what Apple could do with the rumored Touch Bar on the next generation MacBook Pros.

If you've not been paying attention, Apple is thought to be working on a new slimmer MacBook Pro that according to reports will feature a thin touchscreen on the keyboard in place (or possibly above?) the top row of the keyboard. The top keyboard row currently includes function keys, aka the F1-F12 keys that double as quick keys for screen brightness, Mission Control, iTunes media transport controls, etc.

Essentially this would be a touch screen offering buttons to be used in different situations. The buttons most likely will be contextual, so, for example, in iTunes it may offer playback controls and visual status of songs. It could also, perhaps, be used as sort of a app menu bar giving extra information about app status right on the keyboard.

Certainly this would be attractive to 3rd party developers and could open a lot of interesting possibilities for keyboard commands.