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Theophil1971

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Mar 20, 2015
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So, did Apple really create this great new Force Touch technology, and then not implement it into their own word processor?!

Seriously - force touching a word in Safari brings up a definition. But in Pages - nothing. I have to double-click to select the word, then secondary-click to define. What the hell?

Am I missing a setting or something? Anyone else got this working? Or do I wait for an update to Pages?
 
You wait for an update. Seriously, force touch is brand new. I bet we see more uses of it in OS X 10.11 this summer.
 
You wait for an update. Seriously, force touch is brand new. I bet we see more uses of it in OS X 10.11 this summer.

Alrighty then. I just figured it'd work with Apple's primary productivity apps right out of the gate. Oh well!

Thanks for the input.
 
I've still yet to find a SINGLE actual real world use with the Force Touch thing. I would have liked to see it user configurable as I find it would be really nice to be able to use it as an extra button or bind it so some kind of command. For example, open a new tab in Chrome or launch System Monitor etc.

I've been using El Capitan since its first Developer Seed and still have not found a use.
 
So, did Apple really create this great new Force Touch technology, and then not implement it into their own word processor?!

Seriously - force touching a word in Safari brings up a definition. But in Pages - nothing. I have to double-click to select the word, then secondary-click to define. What the hell?

Am I missing a setting or something? Anyone else got this working? Or do I wait for an update to Pages?
Force touch sux. it's meaningless. moreover, i'm generally not thrilled with the trackpad. people say it's more accurate. i wholeheartedly disagree.
 
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