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> I'm a bit disappointed. Sure. Because you didn't actually get the point. The cursor actually transforms into the touch area. No OS today does this and it's

> I'm a bit disappointed. Sure. Because you didn't actually get the point. The cursor actually transforms into the touch area. No OS today does this and it's definitely novel.

speedgoose 7y ago
Got it, after a second read.
- lonelappde 7y ago
  Do you usually use a trackpad/mouse without looking at what you are pointing at?
underwater 7y ago
I wonder what happens when I move my cursor over a large tappable area. The OS must have to maintain internal state that represents the real x, y position. Otherwise the cursor wouldn't move across the screen in a consistent way. But while moving across the tap target I don't get any visual feedback about where my cursor actually is? I'm curious to see how they solve this.
- TheCoreh 7y ago
  They're using a subtle perspective/highlight effect similar to tvOS. It's kinda interesting, wanted to try it in person to see how effective it is at conveying the underlying position.
  - jclardy 7y ago
    I’m using it right now - it feels quite natural, and you can turn off the “snapping” effect if you want - the control will still highlight underneath, but you also still see the cursor. With the effect on the cursor “snaps” to button targets, and when it does the effect has a pulling effect, so if you apply a little motion it will move out of the control, but you see the effect visually. It serves the purpose of knowing that you can click on something, plus also makes clicking things faster because of the snapping to targets. It’s kind of like auto-aim but for your trackpad.
  - aikinai 7y ago
    I tried the beta and thought it was neat for the first 30 seconds and super annoying for the next ten minutes. I haven’t tried to do anything serious with it yet. It definitely makes it feel choppy when trying to move around the screen and do things quickly. It does store the underlying position and accelerates to catch up when you pull out of a touch target, but it still chops up the movement visually.
jayd16 7y ago
Really? This is just marking the UI element as selected isn't it? Isn't it just a decision to not have the hovered state and only use the selected state?
- DagAgren 7y ago
  It's not. Look again.
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> I'm a bit disappointed. Sure. Because you didn't actually get the point. The cursor actually transforms into the touch area. No OS today does this and it's definitely novel.

speedgoose 7y ago

Got it, after a second read.

lonelappde 7y ago
Do you usually use a trackpad/mouse without looking at what you are pointing at?

underwater 7y ago

I wonder what happens when I move my cursor over a large tappable area. The OS must have to maintain internal state that represents the real x, y position. Otherwise the cursor wouldn't move across the screen in a consistent way. But while moving across the tap target I don't get any visual feedback about where my cursor actually is? I'm curious to see how they solve this.

TheCoreh 7y ago
They're using a subtle perspective/highlight effect similar to tvOS. It's kinda interesting, wanted to try it in person to see how effective it is at conveying the underlying position.
- jclardy 7y ago
  I’m using it right now - it feels quite natural, and you can turn off the “snapping” effect if you want - the control will still highlight underneath, but you also still see the cursor. With the effect on the cursor “snaps” to button targets, and when it does the effect has a pulling effect, so if you apply a little motion it will move out of the control, but you see the effect visually. It serves the purpose of knowing that you can click on something, plus also makes clicking things faster because of the snapping to targets. It’s kind of like auto-aim but for your trackpad.
- aikinai 7y ago
  I tried the beta and thought it was neat for the first 30 seconds and super annoying for the next ten minutes. I haven’t tried to do anything serious with it yet. It definitely makes it feel choppy when trying to move around the screen and do things quickly. It does store the underlying position and accelerates to catch up when you pull out of a touch target, but it still chops up the movement visually.

jayd16 7y ago

Really? This is just marking the UI element as selected isn't it? Isn't it just a decision to not have the hovered state and only use the selected state?

DagAgren 7y ago
It's not. Look again.
- deleted 7y ago
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