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Haptic feedback is huge. I think it is one of the most important ui innovations in the last few years, and the occasional ridicule apple receives for putting so
by fhood 8y ago
Haptic feedback is huge. I think it is one of the most important ui innovations in the last few years, and the occasional ridicule apple receives for putting so much effort into it is extremely misguided.
Haptic feedback removes the most crippling weakness of the touchscreen, the inability to use it without looking.
- taeric 8y agoWait, how? Haptic feedback lets you know you did something. A simple "bounce" is convenient when directly interacting; However, it does nothing to let you know what you did. To the point that it almost equivalent to the bouncing icon on your task bar. That is, I expect the natural response to most of these feedbacks is to look at your watch. That not the case?
- epicide 8y agoIt can help you differentiate between whether it register a quick tap on the touch screen vs a force press. Not that they do it on the watch, but it could also have a ratcheting-type feel when you scroll to indicate a) that you're scrolling or b) how fast you're scrolling. The Steam Controller actually used this to great effect.
- taeric 8y agoOh, I get that it can help. I actually really like the feature. What I didn't get, was how it could help you use it without looking. Touchscreens require you to know what is on the screen, pretty much period. Right?
- fhood 8y agoEver want to skip a song on your iphone while driving? You know basically where the buttons are, but not exactly and since there is no feedback you cant tell if you are hitting a button, or just empty screen. With feedback you could allow the user to drag their finger around until they located a button based on the feedback.
- taeric 8y agoIsn't that why you just use the bluetooth capabilities of your car and then use the buttons on the steering wheel? :) That said, I don't drive much. At all. I do bike, so I have used the similar feature of the headphones I wear. Never wanted to try and use the phone.
- lkiernan 8y agoNot to denounce the tech but if the song skips I can be fairly confident I was accurate. Dragging my finger blindly around seems likely to have adverse effects.
- saagarjha 8y ago> Haptic feedback removes the most crippling weakness of the touchscreen, the inability to use it without looking. I wouldn't go as far as to say that. But it does make interacting with a touch screen feel a lot more "physical".
- fhood 8y agoI am more thinking about going. There is no reason why we wont soon begin to see implementations where you can find interact-able elements without looking by simply dragging your finger around on the screen.