Apple, and Steve Jobs in particular, doggedly rejected having a second button on the mouse [1]. Why? Discoverability or rather the lack thereof.
Personally I believe Apple was wrong here and basically lost the argument. The right-click standardized around a context menu. People generally understand this.
So imagine my surprise when Apple introduced Force Touch on the iPhone. This added weight and cost to the iPhone for a feature with no discoverability or consistency. The closest we got was "preview". The author says:
> My guess is that people had no idea it was there.
But that's only half the problem. It might be there or it might not depending on the app and who knows what behaviour you'd get if it was there.
Force/3D Touch I always considered a mistake along with:
- Removing the orientation lock button from the iPad
- Face ID (seriously, just give me a phone with Touch ID; put it on the back if you have to)
- Zooming out in Safari takes you to the list of "tabs" and there's no way not to do this
Personally I believe Apple was wrong here and basically lost the argument. The right-click standardized around a context menu. People generally understand this.
So imagine my surprise when Apple introduced Force Touch on the iPhone. This added weight and cost to the iPhone for a feature with no discoverability or consistency. The closest we got was "preview". The author says:
> My guess is that people had no idea it was there.
But that's only half the problem. It might be there or it might not depending on the app and who knows what behaviour you'd get if it was there.
Force/3D Touch I always considered a mistake along with:
- Removing the orientation lock button from the iPad
- Face ID (seriously, just give me a phone with Touch ID; put it on the back if you have to)
- Zooming out in Safari takes you to the list of "tabs" and there's no way not to do this
[1]: https://www.cultofmac.com/269222/steve-jobs-hated-idea-multi...