How useful is the new Force Touch trackpad?

[stanw]

I was using a touch enabled Wacom tablet for my trackpad with my old iMac though I am wondering how useful the ability to use Force Touch on the new trackpad is?

Any thoughts on this?

Thanks.

 

[aevan]

I was using a touch enabled Wacom tablet for my trackpad with my old iMac though I am wondering how useful the ability to use Force Touch on the new trackpad is?

Any thoughts on this?

Thanks.

It's a beautifully made and implemented technology that really feels like the future.... and is, sadly, almost completely unused by software developers. Unlike the 3D touch pb my iPhone I almost never use it, not because it's bad - but because almost no apps on OS X take advantage of it.

With that said, the trackpad itself is really good, and a lot better, more reliable and responsive for finger input than a Wacom touch-enabled tablet (again - touch - not talking about the stylus)

 

[The Doctor11]

It's a beautifully made and implemented technology that really feels like the future.... and is, sadly, almost completely unused by software developers. Unlike the 3D touch pb my iPhone I almost never use it, not because it's bad - but because almost no apps on OS X take advantage of it.

With that said, the trackpad itself is really good, and a lot better, more reliable and responsive for finger input than a Wacom touch-enabled tablet (again - touch - not talking about the stylus)

Even with the lack of developer support I use force touch quite often for stuff like quick look and definitions. I really love it for quick look that one I use a lot. From time to time I'll use it to preview a link but I don't do that often.

 

[Laai]

Omnigraffle uses ForceTouch on my new Trackpad. When aligning forms the Trackpad gives feedback when something is in line with, or in the middle of, something.

 

[sunapple]

It even vibrates lightly when aligning objects in Pages. Things like these make me confident about its usefulness for the future, but for now you could do without (obviously, right?).

 

[merkinmuffley]

Not very useful now, might get better down the road.

 

[johngordon]

The force touch doesn't seem like it has that much use, but the trackpad is excellent.

I had one of the older ones, but it gave me tennis elbow, and now use a Wacom tablet too (which I can't recommend highly enough). I kept the trackpad for my left hand and use it for gestures like expose / switching Windows. Got one of the new trackpads as I was sold on the idea of it being more evenly clickable.

The tablet and the trackpad in tandem are a great combination.

 

[Cape Dave]

I went back to my Evoluent Mouse. The pad sits in the closet. May eBay that puppy.

 

[theNatest]

I ended up placing it on the left and went with the steelseries sensei wireless mouse. I'm left handed and living the dream haha.

I love the trackpad for all the reasons above - it's great now and will only get better as it becomes more integrated.

 

[Puonti]

The tablet and the trackpad in tandem are a great combination.

This is the combination I use at work, too. Works wonderfully.