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The original was posted on /r/framework by /u/Libbirl on 2024-07-04 17:06:27+00:00.

I absolutely love what Nirav had to say about laptop bezels and webcams in the engineering deep dive posted on YouTube today.

You know what I hate? Worrying about damaging the screen with my fingers any time I open close my laptop! If the tradeoff is between better durability and camera quality versus having a narrow bezel, I have no idea why you’d choose the latter.

Honestly, where’d that trend even come from?! I used to have a touchscreen laptop, and the most annoying thing in the world was accidentally grazing that touch panel whenever I adjusted the screen position. The bezel was too narrow! As a consumer, not accidentally closing windows or greasing my screen when adjusting the screen glare is a lot more important than having a display that’s… a couple cm taller?

I feel this way about mobile devices, too. I find older iPads with wider bezels a lot more comfortable than modern tablets, because I can actually grip the thing without touching/covering the screen! And narrower bezels for what, removing the ‘home’ button? 🙄

In phones, gripping them in landscape mode is more comfortable when there’s some breathing room on the edge of the device. Open your drawer and grab your old phone with the thicker bezels, you’ll see what I mean.

I think that more cost-effective camera and speaker quality is more important than having a screen that makes navigation actions on the top and bottom of the screen more difficult to reach. It feels like companies care more about “emersing” (trapping) me in apps, rather than making a comfortable product that works well. I hope this is taken into consideration in the event that “someone” starts making cell phones ;)

All in all, I really appreciate that Nirav is talking about this, and huge shoutouts to the Framework team for making something great 🫶