84 TECH ADVISOR • MAY 2020
FEATURE
keyboard flops up to cover part of the screen, creating
what Microsoft calls...
The Wonder Bar: A
Touch Bar that makes sense
When the Surface Neo’s keyboard is attached to the
device,a smallstripofspaceis leftuncovered.That’s
whatMicrosoftcallstheWonderBar,a spaceforextra
content,suggestedemoticonsorGIFs,orwhatever.
Looks like the MacBook Pro’s Touch Bar, you
might sniff. But the Wonder Bar is inarguably better:
bigger, so it can show more, and it also does more,
In this picture, posted during Microsoft’s Windows
10X developer presentations, you can see Microsoft’s
keyboard suggestions – a fantastic use of the
technology. Auto-completing text suggestions are an
integral part of smartphones, but they feel useless in
Windows. (Try them yourself in Settings > Devices >
Typing > Show text suggestions as I type.) By placing
Microsoft’s Wonder Bar and
Windows 10X makes good
use of the extra space when
the Surface Neo’s keyboard
is folded over
