Your posts are like an ode to crap so they're all usually quite hypocritical.
Absolute statements with no substantiation. Excellent stuff Allin44
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How (frequently) are you using 3D Touch?
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Absolute statements with no substantiation. Excellent stuff Allin44
Trackpad is great. Peek and pop seems like more work/time. Messages contacts when force touching an icon is too much of a crapshoot to be useful.
Cool technology, but implementation doesn't seem to be there yet.
Cool technology, but implementation doesn't seem to be there yet.
Freaking this. The way that iOS chooses the 3 contacts that show for Messages is garbage. I have someone that's been stuck in the list of 3 that I haven't talked to in 2 weeks. How is that even useful?
And yes. If I could use 3D Touch to see my missed texts/calls/emails then I would use it a lot more.
I just cannot get the hang of that gesture
A case with a decent lip on it seems to make it a very hit or miss gesture for me. Would rather double click the home button.
I just cannot get the hang of that gesture
It was like that for me initially
But I stuck with it and it's a little bit faster than double clicking the home button now (because you only need to press once as opposed to two clicks) plus you get the cool haptic feedback when you go into the app switcher with 3D Touch which is a neat addition.
What I did though was I changed 3D Touch to "light" press level in the settings
Then you just press anywhere on the left edge of the screen and voila like magic it works quickly.
The one thing will make it difficult would be if you have a case that gets in the way of the curved glass and/or comes right up to the display. I don't have a case on my phone so I don't have to consider or worry about it. The area where I touch is to the left of the screen (anywhere on the left edge! But right where the display meets the curved glass)
You'll get used to it, if you stick with it.
It was difficult for me initially but now it happens right away. And you can still use double click home button if you need
Mostly to move cursor in text by depressing and holding keypad. I forget about it a lot as not a heavy user of features it supports.
Oh wow, this is a lot more spread out than I would have thought, nice to see that some people are making good use of 3D Touch features.
One function I would like to add is 3D touch on the contact photos in your Messages app. Give it a try, pulls up some pretty useful options in case you want to reach someone on your Messages list. Again, I wish apple publicized the 3D touch features better, found out about this feature in another MR thread.
One function I would like to add is 3D touch on the contact photos in your Messages app. Give it a try, pulls up some pretty useful options in case you want to reach someone on your Messages list. Again, I wish apple publicized the 3D touch features better, found out about this feature in another MR thread.
and these are?
I have yet to find it grants me an easier, faster, more efficient experience.
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I find it to be pretty much useless. It has potential.
Issues I currently have:
So far more of a hassle than a benefit. Have to see what happens as updates roll out.
Issues I currently have:
- Not any faster than opening the tab/app
- No indicator that says "this app support 3D Touch"
- Some of the results (like contacts and favorite) pull up info that is far less than useful
- Haven't found that one function that just screams "Use Me!!"
So far more of a hassle than a benefit.
Have to see what happens as updates roll out.
and these are?
I have yet to find it grants me an easier, faster, more efficient experience.
The quick actions incorporated into the Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram apps are, without question, faster than the alternatives.
3D Touch on the keyboard to move the cursor is far more accurate than manual selection.
Okay....
I killed FB months back, I don't use Ins, Twitter I'll have to take a look at.
The cursor I agree with.
I'm using it, but not for everything that it can do.
I mostly use it on the shortcuts on app icons and using peek then bringing up the options to save images in safari.
I mostly use it on the shortcuts on app icons and using peek then bringing up the options to save images in safari.
Hardly. I think I've *maybe* used it 5 times? To me, it's easier to click the app and send a text/email/etc.