“While Force Touch on the Apple Watch allowed Apple to add an additional layer of buttons to a small display, the iPhone 6S and iPhone 6S Plus screens don’t lack for either real estate or buttons. So why would Force Touch be desirable on larger displays?” Mark Gurman reports for 9to5Mac. “Following up on our May report that Force Touch is coming to Apple’s next iPhones, sources who have used the iPhone 6S have provided new details on how Force Touch works and feels under iOS.”
“According to sources, the iOS version of Force Touch is known internally as ‘Orb,'” Gurman reports. “Instead of opening up a large window of extra controls that did not fit on the screen, as is done on the Apple Watch, Force Touch on the iPhone is designed to skip existing lists of options or button presses.”
“On the new iPhones, Force Touch will be represented in three ways: no additional user interface as with the subtle integration on the new MacBooks, a user interface that appears surrounding the finger where the Force Touch gesture is conducted, or a shortcut list toward the bottom of the display akin to a typical options list across iOS,” Gurman reports. “Sources explained that the physical feedback given to the user with each Force Touch press has been tuned to be “nice” and “consistent” across the system.”
Read more, including everyday examples of how Force Touch can be used with iPhone 6s/Plus in the full article here.
MacDailyNews Take: Apple should advertise the living crap out of Force Touch because fragmandroid will not be abel to follow. It’ll make Android’s long hard slog to get to 64-bit look expeditious.
And Android, littered across a veritable junkyard full of disparate devices, will not be able to follow. – MacDailyNews, February 28, 2015
SEE ALSO:
Apple’s Force Touch: The future of mobile interfaces – August 4, 2015
Why Force Touch on the iPhone will be awesome – July 29, 2015
Apple’s Force Touch iPhone 6s to be major differentiator, put rivals at further disadvantage – July 6, 2015
Apple assemblers begin making next-gen iPhones with Force Touch – June 27, 2015
Analyst: Apple’s ‘iPhone 6s’ to feature stronger 7000 series aluminum, slightly thicker for Force Touch – June 17, 2015
Apple’s new Force Touch patent application reveals stylus, virtual paint brush, 3D buttons interactions – May 28, 2015
Apple’s forthcoming iOS 9 supports ‘iPhone 6s’ Force Touch – May 26, 2015
Apple patent application reveals work on Force Touch for iOS devices and more – March 5, 2015
Force Touch rumored to arrive exclusively on ‘iPhone 6s Plus’ – April 2, 2015
Apple’s next-gen iPhone 6s, iPhone 6s Plus to feature Force Touch – February 28, 2015
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Dan K.” for the heads up.]
“Orb” is a better name.
“Force Touch” while descriptive, sounds like a misdemeanor.
“According to sources” = “Revealed”????????
Yes, the sources revealed the information. It’s doesn’t seem that difficult to comprehend. Is English your primary language?
“Appel” and “abel” – 2 typos in 1 sentence. MDN, are you in a hurry someplace?
I wonder, in future versions, if force touch could receive the resolution required to implement braille. I’m guessing that’s highly improbable. Would be nice.