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Though I think I'd like 3D touch just fine, I feel like it will be a difficulty to provide support for less tech centric family members. Something like the left

Though I think I'd like 3D touch just fine, I feel like it will be a difficulty to provide support for less tech centric family members. Something like the left and right mouse buttons and single vs double click, now touch lighter/harder. Touch the icon, is everything blurry except for a little menu, no press lighter now...

masklinn 11y ago
I don't know, pressing light or hard is a much more natural movement than even right/left clicking (let alone double-clicking). I press stuff light or hard all the time (check consistency, poke hole, induce movement, push stuff, etc…). There might be a concern for people with motor ailments though (e.g. post-stroke), but hopefully force touch will stay a feature for shortcuts and peeking. Application features only being accessible via force touch would be terrible (outside of games maybe, since they're not really accessible in the first place)
- digikata 11y ago
  I figure the simplest thing to do is have an Accessibility option to disable it completely for some users.
  - masklinn 11y ago
    Yeah I expect it will be possible to disable it, which would become an issue if applications start requiring it. The assistive touch "wheel" menu might also include a way to trigger it.
takeda 11y ago
That's a good point. It seems like it indeed could make things more confusing, I think this is one of the things that Steve Jobs wouldn't allow.
arrrg 11y ago
I think you are not supposed to hide any features behind that … Apple certainly doesn’t seem to want to. I really hope third party devs won’t … (games are the notable exception here – I generally don’t have a problem with those using any and all inputs their can get their hands on, but that’s just in the nature of the thing)
- dreamfactory2 11y ago
  how do you change the watch face without force touch?
  - arrrg 11y ago
    On the phones, obviously. There is too little space for such luxuries on the watch.
ralmeida 11y ago
Not sure about this, in my (completely anecdotal, yes) experience, it's actually common for non-techies to think (consciously or not) that binary buttons can respond to different forces and press them harder when they are angry, frustrated, or being emphatic (think pressing harder while thinking "Yes, I REALLY want to turn on the microwave").

masklinn 11y ago

I don't know, pressing light or hard is a much more natural movement than even right/left clicking (let alone double-clicking). I press stuff light or hard all the time (check consistency, poke hole, induce movement, push stuff, etc…). There might be a concern for people with motor ailments though (e.g. post-stroke), but hopefully force touch will stay a feature for shortcuts and peeking. Application features only being accessible via force touch would be terrible (outside of games maybe, since they're not really accessible in the first place)

digikata 11y ago
I figure the simplest thing to do is have an Accessibility option to disable it completely for some users.
- masklinn 11y ago
  Yeah I expect it will be possible to disable it, which would become an issue if applications start requiring it. The assistive touch "wheel" menu might also include a way to trigger it.

takeda 11y ago

That's a good point. It seems like it indeed could make things more confusing, I think this is one of the things that Steve Jobs wouldn't allow.

arrrg 11y ago

I think you are not supposed to hide any features behind that … Apple certainly doesn’t seem to want to. I really hope third party devs won’t … (games are the notable exception here – I generally don’t have a problem with those using any and all inputs their can get their hands on, but that’s just in the nature of the thing)

dreamfactory2 11y ago
how do you change the watch face without force touch?
- arrrg 11y ago
  On the phones, obviously. There is too little space for such luxuries on the watch.

ralmeida 11y ago

Not sure about this, in my (completely anecdotal, yes) experience, it's actually common for non-techies to think (consciously or not) that binary buttons can respond to different forces and press them harder when they are angry, frustrated, or being emphatic (think pressing harder while thinking "Yes, I REALLY want to turn on the microwave").