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by ChrisMarshallNY 1211 days ago
I find the TrackPad haptic is excellent. It feels exactly like the old physical press. It's a bit weird, when the pad is off, and pressing does nothing, but, as long as it's on, it feels fine.

The Watch crown also feels good.

I do agree that the haptic Home button on my iPhone 8 (I keep it for testing) feels weird and wimpy, but I suspect the reason why, is their obsession with thin.

It's entirely possible to make haptics feel exactly like analog controls, but their behavior is software-defined, and can be odd as hell.

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I think it's better because the response is uniform across the surface rather than it being stiffer at the top. I also prefer the deep thump on my M1 Air when it's set to "silent" mode (it's significantly less nice on the M1 Pro, IMO, since the response on that has a higher frequency). And of course you can change how strongly you have to press until a click is registered.

If the software around it wasn't so useless second-layer clicks would be really cool too.