What If Heavy Files Felt Heavy?

Re:What If Heavy Files Felt Heavy? by tehjoker on Wednesday December 31, 2025 @12:23AM (#46441615)

Interesting concept, but it feels difficult to use. I do think it's a cool demo!

One conceptual issue I noticed with using it is that force touch requires pressure in the opposite direction of how I would understand weight and mass. It feels more like... I'm trying to think of a physical example, trying to force down something with buoyancy. I also expected the weight to affect how fast I needed to drag my finger, but once I exerted enough downward pressure, both heavy and light objects moved the same.

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Re:What If Heavy Files Felt Heavy? by shiveeshfotedar on Wednesday December 31, 2025 @04:11AM (#46442601)

Yup thats a legit issue, built in the design. With your hand over the touch surface there is only one direction of the Z axis that you can apply force. I tried playing with other ideas too. Like , "sticky" where you apply some extra force to "pick it up" or adhesive , where you apply force "to stick it" to the canvas.

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Re:What If Heavy Files Felt Heavy? by tehjoker on Wednesday December 31, 2025 @03:31PM (#46447973)

It occurred to me that if you think of the force exerted as a car jack, it makes more physical sense.

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