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Haptic Feedback: yay or nay?

Do you use haptic feedback?

  • Yeah

    Votes: 15 44.1%

  • Nah

    Votes: 19 55.9%
  • Total voters
    34
Since no tablet has had it until my Nexus 10, I honestly never really needed it, and I type extensively on tablets.

You can always spot an iPhone user from the "plik plik" texting noise. Is it just me or do iPhone users text more than normal?
 
Nah iphone users just dont explore settings enough to turn off the plick :p its like most sgs3 users i see who still have the blip water noise and the whistle notification tone :thumbup:
Ive never owned a tab so i didnt realise most dont have haptic. That may be a deal breaker for me. Does Nexus7 have it?
 
That must also explain why the "marimba" ringtone is always used.

No, the Nexus 7 doesn't have it. Not even the iPad has it. The first tablet I used with it is the Nexus 10. Since its intent is to ease typing on smaller screens, I always saw it as more a phone feature

I use the iPhone tri-tone sound as a notification tone because I like it and enjoy introducing chaos into the world of Android purists.
 
My guess for why many tablets lack haptic feedback is the same as why many lack a GPS, without data a GPS is useless on tablets which are WiFi only, and who uses a huge tablet for a navigation system? Same for haptic feedback. The screen as well as on-screen keyboard is usually sufficient enough for typing accurately without the aid of haptic feedback. Vibration, a part of having haptic support, also makes little sense in tablets since many are too large for a pocket and vibrate alerts are quite useless if you cannot feel them.

One could debate the point of rear-facing cameras in tablets. No matter what, a person using his or her tablet as a camera looks moronic
 
(@Nick)
Lmao you bloody anarchist! :p:D
Wow, whats the reasoning behind tabs not having a vibrator motor (cant believe i just said that in the correct context)?
I suppose, im not really gona use my tab for typing, i want it more as a browsing and media device but wow, id never realised that and i dont really understand the reasoning behind it.
even on my 1st android which had tiny RAM, when the cache got full the vibration would be a bit delayed and it really threw my typing/texting off. Typing without feedback is horrible, i have to actually watch where my thumbs are going

Lol and i totally agree about people using a tab as a camera :facepalm:
 
As I said, in lower end devices it caused lag and freezing. The software controlling it must have been written to use the main UI thread which is why the delays happened when you'd get haptic feedback.

How many tablets fit into pockets where vibrating motors would offer any benefit? My Nexus 10 sure ain't going to fit into 'em! But that didn't stop Google from putting one in there anyway.

I use my tablet as a laptop. Typing, games, email, movies, pretty much everything that can be done on a laptop with the exception of PC-specific games I still play. If not for that I wouldn't own a laptop these days.
 
Yeah i understand that tabs dont need a vibrating alert but for me, haptic feedback has made the switch to touchscreen feel more intuative. Like if anyone has used a Nintendo Wii, when ynure using the controller to move the cursor around the screen, when it makes contact with something the controller gives you feedback and it just feels right.
Tbh i think the last time i used a laptop was to root my phone lol. Android does everything i need and i cant even type QWERTY (yeah i still use a dummypad) so maybe if i typed qwerty and with fingers rather than thumbs i wouldnt need the feedback because my fingers would be in the proper typing positions? :)
 
I used a Wii as a Netflix box after a long time using Xbox and PS3 for games, as I also used tablets lacking haptic feedback, so I admit I have the exact opposite problem. On my Xbox, I disable vibration as it always eats batteries and doesn't enhance gaming enough to be worth the juice used by it.
 
Lol thats exactly what i use the wifes Wii as.. a box to play Netflix, Youtube and Bbc iPlayer. And yeah it goes through a set of batterys every week :) thankfully im not a gamer :beer:
 
Who needs a computer to vote? Oh wait, those using the app?

The Xbox does this uber annoying circle flash pattern with the controller LEDs when a battery pack is half-charged (read: not low!) Which is very distracting. So it is understood I am very picky at the controller being power hungry. Vibration is disabled. I don't think the Wii has the option unfortunately
 
I don't use it. I'd rather only have the thing vibrate when I get a call or text, etc.

If it's not being used often, less chance the thing will break. ;)

No screen tap sounds, unless it's the Mario jumping sound. I put that on when I want to drive Mrs. Granite insane! :p
 
nickdalzell said:
I used a Wii as a Netflix box after a long time using Xbox and PS3 for games, as I also used tablets lacking haptic feedback, so I admit I have the exact opposite problem. On my Xbox, I disable vibration as it always eats batteries and doesn't enhance gaming enough to be worth the juice used by it.
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I think the vibration in video games adds a lot. I remember when the PS3 first came out with the non vibrating controller and it just felt wrong. I'm so used to it now that I notice it more when it's NOT there, though. My PS3 controller battery lasts pretty long, and I don't really care since its rechargeable anyway.

PS- Funky, not a gamer? Consider your nerd card revoked lol.
 
Rxpert83 said:
I havent made it to a computer yet to vote :p
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nae excuse pal. Ask a mod to vote for u :p


nickdalzell said:
Who needs a computer to vote? Oh wait, those using the app?

The Xbox does this uber annoying circle flash pattern with the controller LEDs when a battery pack is half-charged (read: not low!) Which is very distracting. So it is understood I am very picky at the controller being power hungry. Vibration is disabled. I don't think the Wii has the option unfortunately
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I read an article about one of the next gen consoles' controller having a stupid light on it that cant be turned off(?)
 
Gmash said:
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PS- Funky, not a gamer? Consider your nerd card revoked lol.
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Nooo lol. Actually im a Geek, not a Nerd :)
i was an early gamer though, i had a Commodore 64 and an Atari ST :)
tbh im scared to get into gaming, it would have to be online multi-player to interest me but i had a bad experience of being addicted to Second Life for a few months and that isnt even strictly a game! :beer:
 
Force feedback makes sense in steering wheel controllers, or flight joysticks, but not a d-pad and analog stick controller. Besides I don't recall feeling pulses whenever a pinball hits something in the machine, so why is my tablet pulsing when the same thing happens in a pinball simulator? See?
 
Yeah totally. The feedback would have to be a lot smarter and more subtle to make any sense. Not just a motor with a counter weight on it being switched on/off lol
 
Someone noticed my phone double-pulsing in its belt clip one time, and thought I farted. It was enough to convince me to disable vibrate notifications
 
I like it, keeps a pocket free, and easier access to my phone at work. Fashion trends are luckily something I don't care to follow. If they were, I'd still have an iPhone as everyone here has one!
 
Another nah. First thing I uncheck after flash are the even more annoying touch sounds. Then the screen off sound, then vibrate on keypress/haptic.
 
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