Will Logos / Faithlife use the new Mac Force Touch trackpad options in the Mac version of the Logos UI?
I know it is early for anything to be done, but I was just thinking..
Thanks Lee
This would be an incredible feature for Logos with Apple. I'd love to see it implemented.
What would it do?
Instead of having to control-click a word to pull up a Word study you could just do a Force click and get the info immediately. Pretty impressive.
I don't know anything about the "force click," but are you just saying that you don't have to press the control key?
Instead of having to control-click a word to pull up a Word study you could just do a Force click and get the info immediately. Pretty impressive. I don't know anything about the "force click," but are you just saying that you don't have to press the control key?
I'd never heard of it either, but from Apple's website: "Force sensors detect how much pressure you’re applying" so it appears you can just click (tap) with more force instead of holding the ctrl key down with your tap.
I guess one would get used to that eventually, but I'd probably find it annoying, having to think about how hard to tap and adjusting my pressure to accomplish different things. I invariably turn off the tapping feature on trackpads because I'm always accidentally tapping when I meant to be just moving the mouse pointer or dragging a selection. I also turn off the feature where if you drag along the right edge or bottom edge, it interprets that as scrolling, because my aim is not that great and I'm always accidentally scrolling.
I started this post because, I am thinking of getting the new 2015 MacBook Pro 13" which has the new "Force Touch trackpad".
So I wanted to know if Logos would use this new force click because it would only be used by those users that have either the new 12" MacBook and 2015 MacBook Pro 13", until that is the 2015 MacBook Pro 15" also gets the Force Touch trackpad; some people are talking online about a new 3rd quarter release for the 15" rMBP.
All this being said I was thinking will Logos use it? and in so what would it do?
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They aren't likely to say ahead of time whether they are planning to take advantage of it. And this General forum is mostly just users, so we'd merely be speculating, which is of no use to you. I'll see if I can get a Faithlife employee to answer your question directly.
I suspect that the trackpad will currently work with logos because the is interprets the commands from the hard ware and passes them on to logos. Logos then should just simply work with that new hardware.
The operating system or os not is. Typing from my cell...
Based on what I have read in this thread, I would assume the answer is "it will just work." If all this does is interpret a "force click" as a "control click," I assume logos won't actually need to do anything for it to work.
The functionality proposed would indeed be impressive, but it would require work for Faithlife to make it happen (i.e. program changes). Just like mouse clicks and trackpad swipes, and keystroke combinations, the code in Logos/Verbum would have to be modified to take advantage of the specific signals that are sent by the new sensors in the trackpad. I think the question of whether Faithlife would want to take advantage of those things would partially be contingent on whether the SDK make them available.
The functionality proposed would indeed be impressive
Again, what is "impressive" about it? A special click to eliminate pressing the control key? I don't get it.
I think when you look at the way in which Apple has implemented functionality for trackpad gestures in comparison with standard Windows capabilities it's easy to see that Apple has revolutionized the whole game for that input device. There are some manufactures of Windows hardware that, since Apple's lead, have implemented additional capabilities for various functions but they are not consistent between manufacturer and software. HP is an example of more sophistication in the trackpad but not at the level of Apple and not all manufactures (hardware and software) are equal. Most still lack vertical motion in hardware. This is one area where a unified hardware/software strategy pays dividends for Apple. Apple still leads the way.
So, what is impressive about Apple and the Force Touch trackpads? Yet another step in the direction of enhanced usability and the simplification of user inputs to accomplish complex tasks. Very impressive. [Sorry, not available on your PC.]
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Whose PC? [;)]
I didn't get to watch the keynote (still haven't), but I just looked up a little more about it. I agree that I will take work on Faithlife's part. It ISN'T simply a "control click."
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Whose PC?
LOL! ... unfortunately mine ....
I'm still saving up! I'll get there!
No plans at this time, but we'll evaluate it.
