Show HN: Handshake - a Haptic Effects Library for HTML5
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haptic: of or relating to the sense of touch, in particular relating to the perception and manipulation of objects using the senses of touch and proprioception.
haptic: buzzy fingers
Illustrated by a games console rumble-pack.[0]
Part of my university research was into haptic feedback, we considered vibration to be part of that. As do many scholars today[1].
What would be a better way of describing it? It's providing sensory feedback to the user based on their actions.
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haptic_technology [1] http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=haptic+vibration
My point is 'haptic feedback' - as with 'responsive design' - is in the process of getting its meaning thinned down due to the limitations of the technology with which it's getting commercialized.
Haptics means much more than just vibrating devices, as your own definition supports. But in practice, we're redefining it with a much smaller scope.
It will be interesting to see how browser vendors deal with this. I find the "example.com want to know your location" pop-ups a bit creepy and usually reject them.
I think web sites will need a very compelling reason to make my phone shake.