"Force Touch" Equivalent on Android

[kdarling]

Who was using that term prior to Apple? Give me a source/example/link of that phrase being an industry standard prior to Apple using it and I'll happily stand corrected.

(chuckling) You must have me on ignore or something, because those had been supplied by me in post #28.

Gosh, and I had even defended your blind fanaticism in post #34. Sorry you missed it.

 

[epicrayban]

I don't really like the idea of pressing harder on my glass smartphone screen, but curious to see what and how Apple will market this 3D force touch thing.

Only moments away...

 

[grkm3]

Hey rogi looks like forcetouch is called 3d touch!

Now what do you have to say lmfao

 

[mi7chy]

I say it's going to wreak havoc on one handed use.

 

[VulchR]

I am a little confused about this technology. Touch screens take the centroid of the activated pixels to sort out where we've touched the screen. They must also have information about the number of pixels activated in order to calculate the centroid, and surely the more force one applies the bigger the spot of activated pixels as the finger tip deforms. So, what's the big deal? Couldn't touch spot size (or, even better, the expansion of the spot size during the finger press) have been used all along as a surrogate measure of force?

 

[JaySoul]

I think it looks interesting, but let's see what reviews say.

 

[Abazigal]

Force touch and haptic feedback are not new. Samsung phones have had these features for years.

I am willing to bet that Apple's own implementation is superior though.

 

[epicrayban]

I am willing to bet that Apple's own implementation is superior though.

That but I also believe no other smart phone really needs 3d touch. They have long press which I think is all that's needed. I also like long press better. Less room for interpretation.

For Apple and ios, 3d touch means users can act on home screen icons. Which I think is the closest we'll ever get to home screen widgets for ios. That makes it more useful and important for the iphone.

I wouldn't be surprised if few committed up with force touch. But who knows.

 

[Abazigal]

That but I also believe no other smart phone really needs 3d touch. They have long press which I think is all that's needed. I also like long press better. Less room for interpretation.

For Apple and ios, 3d touch means users can act on home screen icons. Which I think is the closest we'll ever get to home screen widgets for ios. That makes it more useful and important for the iphone.

I wouldn't be surprised if few committed up with force touch. But who knows.

I can also argue that nobody really "needs" octa-core processors or motion sensors or additional features beyond the basic requirements of a smartphone. But that's not to say that these additional features don't serve to further augment the user experience.

Long press might suffice, but that's not to say that further improvements can't be made. Apple apparently spent years working on force touch, so they evidently felt there was value in such a feature.

I am currently using launch center pro and launcher widget to access common actions. Apple probably is aware that certain actions are painfully inconvenient to access (like toggling tethering or even making a simple phone call) and wants to make them more accessible.

 

[JaySoul]

That but I also believe no other smart phone really needs 3d touch. They have long press which I think is all that's needed. I also like long press better. Less room for interpretation.

For Apple and ios, 3d touch means users can act on home screen icons. Which I think is the closest we'll ever get to home screen widgets for ios. That makes it more useful and important for the iphone.

I wouldn't be surprised if few committed up with force touch. But who knows.

Crikey, I forgot that there are no widgets in iOS. Still.

 

[tbayrgs]

Crikey, I forgot that there are no widgets in iOS. Still.

Goodness, let's not start this again. Yes, there are widgets. One may prefer the ability to see them on their home screen as on Android but their presence in a different location iOS doesn't mean they aren't widgets.

I use my widgets many times a day on both my iPhone and iPad and have come to prefer their implementation on iOS. Of course, YMMV.

 

[JaySoul]

Goodness, let's not start this again. Yes, there are widgets. One may prefer the ability to see them on their home screen as on Android but their presence in a different location iOS doesn't mean they aren't widgets.

I use my widgets many times a day on both my iPhone and iPad and have come to prefer their implementation on iOS. Of course, YMMV.

Yeah I meant Home Screen widgets. Tbh, I actually don't use widgets much on my Android devices. My wife did more than I do (it's the thing she misses most about Android).