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The touchbar was useful in one important way.

Because it made the esc key useless for touch typists and because, as a vi user, I hit esc approximately a bazillion times per day I mapped caps lock to esc.

Now my fingers don't travel as far to hit esc.

I still use that mapping even on my regular keyboards and my current non-touch-bar macs.

Thanks touchbar macs, rest in peace.




Ctrl-[ also works for ESC on VI.

I really like the touchbar Macs because changing the volume to exactly what I want is really easy. All the others have increments that are too large, so I have to try to remember if Shift + Opt + Volume Up/Down is what I want, or some other combination.




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