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You're confusing modes with discoverability. Force touch isn't a mode but it is invisible if you don't know it's there. Jobs wanted discoverable, modeless user
by Tloewald 11y ago
You're confusing modes with discoverability. Force touch isn't a mode but it is invisible if you don't know it's there. Jobs wanted discoverable, modeless user interfaces where possible (and he was right). Both the watch and force touch are horrible from a discoverability point of view.
- acqq 11y agoI haven't tried it but it appears that you'll now always be able to touch "too much" or too little, which sounds scary, as I'm afraid you would know that you overdid it only after the fact. I doubt the motion feedback can prevent that, but I don't exclude the possibility that they solved it to be "acceptable" enough. My impression based on demos, without trying is, the unintutivity increased.
- Tloewald 11y agoHave you actually used it? On the Macbook, Force Touch is totally intuitive -- it's like using a normal trackpad. It's actually quite eery. So I don't think "touching too much" is going to be an issue, any more than accidentally clicking a trackpad. It will probably be _very_ natural for things like text selection (which is a constant PITA in touch UIs).
- kelseydh 11y agoDitto on Force Touch for text selection. That's a huge improvement if done well.