I hate slamming my finger into an app to see if it has any invisible options. Like I'm not going to go through every app to find those.... What was the thinking behind this? It's totally inconsistent amongst various things, and almost as annoying as [unintentionally] shaking your iPhone.
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Apps Does anyone else find implementations of "force touch" to be annoying so far?
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I agree it isn't intuitive, but does seem a lot like right clicking on a desktop computer. You really never know what is going to be available via the right click context menu until you try it.
I am glad that it essentially acts like a 3rd button on the watch.
I am glad that it essentially acts like a 3rd button on the watch.
I guess so, but the problem is that there's no indication (like a pulsing dot or something) that any of those functions are available. On the desktop, we come to realize that certain GUI is interactable and perhaps right clickable, and also those functions are all mirrored on the menu bar for selected items... usually.
I think desktop applications would suffer from similar UX issues if they hid random right-click options in places with no other indication
I think desktop applications would suffer from similar UX issues if they hid random right-click options in places with no other indication
No need to 'slam'. Just like using the MacBook version, you press/tap like you do normally but then keep on pressing harder. It's 'force touch', not 'bash'.
I don't find the implementations to be annoying.
I do find the interpretations to be annoying though.
Unlike the right mouse button, they're using the same button to mean two different things. The problem is that the sensitivity is not adjustable, and Force Touches are sometimes received as a standard touch, and a standard touch is misinterpreted by the WATCH as a Force Touch.
This happens most when I'm in the Music glance or app, and I'm trying to switch tracks. Especially on a moving train, even if I miss the button ever-so-slightly to skip to the next track, or not, I start to see the interface shrink to go into the context menu.
I do find the interpretations to be annoying though.
Unlike the right mouse button, they're using the same button to mean two different things. The problem is that the sensitivity is not adjustable, and Force Touches are sometimes received as a standard touch, and a standard touch is misinterpreted by the WATCH as a Force Touch.
This happens most when I'm in the Music glance or app, and I'm trying to switch tracks. Especially on a moving train, even if I miss the button ever-so-slightly to skip to the next track, or not, I start to see the interface shrink to go into the context menu.
