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Can't live without 3D Touch
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The more you know.
Still, it seems Apple may have changed the amount of time it takes for the cursor to start blinking. I used to have no trouble making quick edits. Having to wait a second for the cursor to start blinking just seems like a waste of time–a very short amount of time, but a waste nonetheless.
That's exactly how I feel. I also thought the fingerprint reader was a gimmick too, but now I can hardly imagine not unlocking my phone with anything but a single press of the home button. 3D Touch is turning out to be the same kind of thing. It's just so convenient and streamlines using the phone in a ton of little ways. They add up to a smoother and more efficient way of doing things.
The problem is I never open apps from the home screen. I always use spotlight, which makes a lot of 3D touch functionality non-existent.
Certainly use it daily and more than I thought I would. Love using it to scan football articles on a few apps.
If you are looking for a more original use of 3D Touch than just shortcuts or peek/pop then check out Poison Maps, which uses it to pan across maps by temporarily zooming out according to how hard you press. It requires just one touch of one finger instead of the multi-touch finger gymnastics required by the traditional pinch/swipe approach (which it is intended to complement rather than replace).
The idea is simple: Press and the map zooms out, showing a box around the original area. Press harder and it zooms out further. Move your finger (and the box) to a new area on the map, then let go and it zooms back in to show that area. Get near the edge of the map whilst pressing and it will automatically pan in that direction.
I think shortcuts and peek/pop are great, but this is a very different use of 3D Touch.
The idea is simple: Press and the map zooms out, showing a box around the original area. Press harder and it zooms out further. Move your finger (and the box) to a new area on the map, then let go and it zooms back in to show that area. Get near the edge of the map whilst pressing and it will automatically pan in that direction.
I think shortcuts and peek/pop are great, but this is a very different use of 3D Touch.
I'd been relying on it more than I thought.
On Monday I was able to finally dump my HORRIBLE work issued SGS5 and got my new work issued iPhone 6. Which of course hasn't got 3D Touch.
I was SO LOST! I kept wanting to use it to peek at my messages or to correct a typo.
As with my experience with Apple products, the new features become so second nature so quickly that I find it difficult to go back without them.
On Monday I was able to finally dump my HORRIBLE work issued SGS5 and got my new work issued iPhone 6. Which of course hasn't got 3D Touch.
I was SO LOST! I kept wanting to use it to peek at my messages or to correct a typo.
As with my experience with Apple products, the new features become so second nature so quickly that I find it difficult to go back without them.
Lol, can't live without it. The drama llama. It's a promising feature, but by no means indispensable right now. The 3d cursor thing is the best use so far, which is negated if using a 3rd party keyboard. Next best is the press to task switcher, which I guess is there to reduce the home button failures.
Most of the features currently available through 3d touch could have easily been implemented by long press or another gesture.
Most of the features currently available through 3d touch could have easily been implemented by long press or another gesture.
It's true that a lot of 3D Touch features can be implemented using long press, but there are advantages to 3D Touch. Firstly, for all applications the result is more immediate - there is no need to wait. And secondly you can vary the input after the initial gesture, which is useful in some situations.
For example, the 3D Touch gesture in Poison Maps (full disclosure - it's my app) was previously written using long touch. You would press and hold on the map and it would zoom out. It would keep zooming out until you move your finger to pan across to the required area. Let go and it zooms back in. Unfortunately you can't vary the zoom factor whilst panning because the initial long press gesture is over.
With 3D Touch the zoom factor can be varied at all times by pressing harder or softer. This allows you to zoom out a fair way, pan across to where you want to go, and then zoom back in a bit to get exactly the area you want before letting go. The zoom factor is controllable during the whole gesture, rather than just at the beginning, as it is with a long touch.
I think that shortcuts and peek/pop are just the start of the features that can be implemented using 3D Touch.
For example, the 3D Touch gesture in Poison Maps (full disclosure - it's my app) was previously written using long touch. You would press and hold on the map and it would zoom out. It would keep zooming out until you move your finger to pan across to the required area. Let go and it zooms back in. Unfortunately you can't vary the zoom factor whilst panning because the initial long press gesture is over.
With 3D Touch the zoom factor can be varied at all times by pressing harder or softer. This allows you to zoom out a fair way, pan across to where you want to go, and then zoom back in a bit to get exactly the area you want before letting go. The zoom factor is controllable during the whole gesture, rather than just at the beginning, as it is with a long touch.
I think that shortcuts and peek/pop are just the start of the features that can be implemented using 3D Touch.
I think it's completely unnecessary. The 6s's greatest feature is its ridiculous speed and 2gb of ram. Otherwise the 6 is identical in every way for my use case. Everyone can appreciate the speed and the extra memory
i rarely use it. The biggest use I had for it was moving the cursor, but then again, that only works half the time.
I always forget about it. Usually I'm reminded just after performing a task when I think "Oh I should have used 3d touch for that".
Its not very consistent for me either since the iPad doesn't have it. I think once I have an iPad with 3d touch I'll use it more often.
Oh and don't worry. Samsung is supposedly working on there own 3d touch...surprise surprise right? Doesn't matter, 3rd party won't invest too much effort into implementing it on Android if only Samsung uses it which I'm sure will be a proprietary method.
Its not very consistent for me either since the iPad doesn't have it. I think once I have an iPad with 3d touch I'll use it more often.
Oh and don't worry. Samsung is supposedly working on there own 3d touch...surprise surprise right? Doesn't matter, 3rd party won't invest too much effort into implementing it on Android if only Samsung uses it which I'm sure will be a proprietary method.
The only time I remember that I have it is when I phone or text someone. Otherwise I forget I have it. Due to my busy schedule I don't have the time to figure out which apps have or don't have support. And the real blame goes to lazy developers and the other part belongs to Apple because they rely too much on developers.
Maybe Apple should suspend developers/apps if they don't integrate major features after a certain time period. It's pretty ridiculous that apps are still not optimized for the 6/6S screen resolution. Apple may not have fragmentation with it's phones and iOS but now you're starting to see App fragmentation with features sprinkled all over the place. The more features the iPhone receives the worst it's going to get.
Maybe Apple should suspend developers/apps if they don't integrate major features after a certain time period. It's pretty ridiculous that apps are still not optimized for the 6/6S screen resolution. Apple may not have fragmentation with it's phones and iOS but now you're starting to see App fragmentation with features sprinkled all over the place. The more features the iPhone receives the worst it's going to get.
i have found one standout feature of 3D Touch over the last couple of weeks: voice recording.
I recorded quite a few memos and the process is simple and almost immediate...quick unlock with Touch ID, slide up to and 3D Touch the voice memo app and then slide your fingertip to "new recording". Boom! A top notch voice recorder.
This same process is why I prefer google voice search to Siri at the present time.
3D Touch has potential. I'm seeing it already.
I recorded quite a few memos and the process is simple and almost immediate...quick unlock with Touch ID, slide up to and 3D Touch the voice memo app and then slide your fingertip to "new recording". Boom! A top notch voice recorder.
This same process is why I prefer google voice search to Siri at the present time.
3D Touch has potential. I'm seeing it already.
Even though I've only had my 6S+ since Thursday, I find myself trying to use 3D touch on my iPad Mini as well and my 6+.
I did go through and tried every app I have on my phone to see what has 3D touch. I think it will be very useful.
I did go through and tried every app I have on my phone to see what has 3D touch. I think it will be very useful.