[lloeki]

Force press to select a word is still faster that long press by an order of magnitude. Same for the new context menus and keyboard cursor movement.

Second force press to extend selection is much faster and more precise than picking the small markers.

it’s more like force touch is made more consistent overall and blends in instead of being a showcase feature confusingly entirely separate of long press.

I use it even more than before, and still miss it on my iPad. Together with the disappearance of fingerprint unlocking, seeing it disappear is one more factor for me not to upgrade beyond iPhone 8.

Don’t get me wrong, there are compelling reasons to upgrade for me (bigger screen, photography) but for my usage it feels like a significant enough compromise at that price point.

[ubercow13]

Force press to select a word just doesn’t really work well. I am trying it now in Safari and most of the time the word is selected and the menu pops up and when I release my finger the menu and selection instantly disappear. Other places with force touch actions I’ve found equally buggy.

edit: Oh i played with it a bit more and it seems you have to press gently first, then hard. You can’t press hard straight away or it reinterprets it as a light touch after you let go. That’s quite unintuitive.