Maybe because it can be used as something separate than a long press. I think you are completely missing the point with force touch. It's a new way to interact with your touch screen on top of the ways we can now giving more flexibility and more options available in a more efficient way. This tech is awesome and it is the thing I am most excited about for the 6S. I guarantee that you will find it to be a feature you will not want to live without once you have gotten used to it.
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Maybe because it can be used as something separate than a long press. I think you are completely missing the point with force touch. It's a new way to interact with your touch screen on top of the ways we can now giving more flexibility and more options available in a more efficient way. This tech is awesome and it is the thing I am most excited about for the 6S. I guarantee that you will find it to be a feature you will not want to live without once you have gotten used to it.
so great - for musicians/artists alone this will be an outstanding update, especially on the iPhab (6+)...
for everyone else who can't fathom what this means in terms of general UI/UX and 'feel' like this is gimmicky or a glorified 'long-touch' - they haven't even considered what a combination of time, pressure, and multiple fingers/gestures could have, and well... they don't seem to pay attention to much, then. force touch already reveals hidden options and menus on the AW, start by looking there and read an article or two about force touch itself. the future looks good.
then, if apple introduces haptic touch to phones and tablets, the potential is mind-boggling. the whole internet could start changing - physical feedback telling you you've ended scrolling, opened/closed features/windows, maybe basic textures, good gawd.. this isn't even creative thinking, it's just 'what currently could possibly change a little bit for the better?'
use your imaginations...!
for everyone else who can't fathom what this means in terms of general UI/UX and 'feel' like this is gimmicky or a glorified 'long-touch' - they haven't even considered what a combination of time, pressure, and multiple fingers/gestures could have, and well... they don't seem to pay attention to much, then. force touch already reveals hidden options and menus on the AW, start by looking there and read an article or two about force touch itself. the future looks good.
then, if apple introduces haptic touch to phones and tablets, the potential is mind-boggling. the whole internet could start changing - physical feedback telling you you've ended scrolling, opened/closed features/windows, maybe basic textures, good gawd.. this isn't even creative thinking, it's just 'what currently could possibly change a little bit for the better?'
use your imaginations...!
What I would love is for drawing apps to detect pressure and change the width of the line. For example, writing Chinese characters could be awesome if the line got thicker as you pressed down.
So here's a question -- do they plan on coupling this with "taptic" feedback? If so, maybe we'll finally get a software keyboard that feels like a physical keyboard! I would have been skeptical of how well this would work, but trust me, the feedback on the 12" rMB keyboard I've been using for months is VERY good, I wouldn't know it wasn't a physical button unless someone told me.
all touch ID needs is scratch resistant 'glass'. if they remove the indented 'button' then the sensor doesn't necessarily have get tossed with that bathwater - if it's flush with whatever other material apple uses it may even help the phone get slimmer (yay?). i'm guessing this kind of upgrade would come with whichever next iPhone gets a full redesign with the new materials they've been R&D'ing. saphire glass? gorilla guts? fairy tale mirrors? i can't keep up..
Yea, sort of like how on a traditional desktop/laptop a right click (mostly in Windows) is a quick, redundant mode of access to additional app or OS functionality.
for sure - my industry sees a lot of wacom/cintiq use for that kind of thing. a lot of us have been wondering why apple never bought them out seeing how linked the two companies are in media/design shops. i haven't tried wacom's styluses for iPads/iphones but you should look into them if you haven't already.
ps - their intuos pads are fantastic for computer use too, not ridiculously expensive for it's actual value (if you use it 24/7 as mouse replacements like many eventually do).
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Seems like the equivalent of a right click and a contextual menu - cool! This sounds like a very nice adaptation of that feature to a touch based interface.
It will called S Press.
It's different in that you don't have to wait on it... and it's not as finicky... especially when you're "on the go".
For instance, a long press is a real pain anytime you're in something that's moving (car, subway, train, plane, etc.). Many long presses get interpreted as drags in these scenarios and it's a real PITA.
A force touch is instantaneous and unambiguous.
If by "Glorified" you mean: "They now made right click possible on a platform where it didn't have a convenient analog before"... then I guess so.
On the other hand I always had the S versions. I just always thought they were a more mature version and most issues addressed. That said I always wanted the new shine toys first
, but felt waiting a year was worth it.
I'd like to try for myself to see just how it is to get the appropriate force touch level. I'd imagine it's about the same as the usual "mis-tappings", due to the usual cases like a moving car, fat fingering, and twitching, so it should be as consistent as other methods of input.
You can preview the technology now in new Macbooks and on the Watch. I have the Watch and it works very well. I've used the new Macbooks (albeit, not in a moving environment) and it works great.
Go try it out at the store.
Force Touch should be enough alone for everyone to upgrade. It will be huge and you'll need it within a few months for the full iOS experience. So I expect sales of these new iPhones to be off-the-charts with long waiting lists for as long as half a year after launch.
Almost every watch app takes advantage of force touch, for sure the natives. I use it pause/end workouts, change music source, clear all notifications, change the watch face..
because the computer understands how hard of press you make, which means it can differentiate between a normal click or a "right click" if you will. Or how fast to scrub through final cut using the force of your finger..
Force touch combined with Touch ID in the screen. No home button. Less bezel. That could be the iPhone 7.
I'm just looking at my iPhone and the thickest port is the headphone jack. I wonder if with the next iPhone re-design we'll see Apple Headphones go - A. Wireless. B. Lightning Port connector instead of the traditional. (With bundled adapter for ipods).
You missed the one that is always mentioned, liquid metal!
I'm still not clear about what Force Touch will do and why I need it? At the end of the keynote will I say, I can live without it?
Skipping.
Force touch on my Watch just seems like making a slightly harder long press.
I don't see much use in it, and there isn't much use in the Watch either.
Will wait for iPhone 7... or 8... or whatever the next one (after this one in September) is called.
Force touch on my Watch just seems like making a slightly harder long press.
I don't see much use in it, and there isn't much use in the Watch either.
Will wait for iPhone 7... or 8... or whatever the next one (after this one in September) is called.
Will people that get the 6s with force touch regret it when the 7 comes out also with force touch but smaller bezels and no home button?
Could the 6s be the last iPhone with a home button?