Will Logos use the new Force Touch trackpad ?

This would be an incredible feature for Logos with Apple. I'd love to see it implemented.

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. 

alabama24 said:

Jeremy Writebol said:

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.

Lee said:

All this being said I was thinking will Logos use it? and in so what would it do?

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.

The operating system or os not is. Typing from my cell...

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.

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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alabama24 said:

Steve said:

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Whose PC?

LOL!  ... unfortunately mine ....

I'm still saving up!  I'll get there!