Hi David, audio is definitely not enough in my experience. You will have environments where ambient noise will mask audio feedback, and then in a silent environment it may be undesirable to make clicking noises. Haptic feedback doesn't suffer from that issue.
I had the chance to try a product with a development firmware where haptics where for some reason disabled, and soon after that I got the next firmware version with the haptics enabled. I could definitely feel a positive difference, and I think it's worth the effort. Cheers, Alex On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 5:56 PM, David Malouf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey there, > > My team is being pushed to work out haptic solutions (heck we are motorola > and we have an amazing collection of haptic IP on the ROKR for example) for > a new product I'm working on. > > After several months of iPhone use my own heuristic evaluation is that audio > is much more helpful that haptic responses. I've used various LG products as > comparison and of course the Moto products. I know that Samsung and Nokia > are investing in Immersion's vibration technology. > > But again, since none of this aid in target acquisition, touch screen > sensitivity, or help with blind actions, I'm not convinced of the total > value of doing this tremendous amount of engineering work to make it > effective. > > What do people think and what experiences do people have? > > -- dave > > > -- > David Malouf > http://synapticburn.com/ > http://ixda.org/ > http://motorola.com/ > ________________________________________________________________ > Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! > To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe > List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines > List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help > ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
