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You missed the point of Force Touch on macbook trackpads. It wasn’t about tap to click at all, it was about the actual press to click. It was about the fact th
by filoleg 5y ago
You missed the point of Force Touch on macbook trackpads. It wasn’t about tap to click at all, it was about the actual press to click.
It was about the fact that while on other trackpads when you click, they produce a mechanical click. Macbook trackpads don’t have a mechanical click, the feeling of that click gets reproduced by the haptic/vibration engine. Which sounds wonky to emulate a physical click with a haptic engine, but in reality it works out like magic.
You can test it easily by turning off a macbook and trying to click on the trackpad. It won’t click at all, it will feel like just a flat piece of glass/metal/etc with no clickability.
- flohofwoe 5y agoI didn't miss it, I'm aware of the Force Touch touchpad on new Macs. I just think that it isn't all that important because tap-to-click is usually the better option anyway. I guess the main point of Force Touch is that it removes another mechanical component that could wear out or break (like HDD => SSD).