Playing haptics

Design a hi-fi interaction for a product moment where haptics carry meaning: confirming a choice, warning about a limit, or signaling a successful completion. Pick one focused flow and make the tactile feedback visible through the UI state around it, not through copy about haptics.

Show at least three distinct feedback moments with different intensity: a light tick for selection, a stronger pulse for commit, and a sharp alert for a blocked action or invalid move. The screen should make it obvious what caused each response and what the user should do next.

Keep the layout simple enough that the feedback pattern is the point. Use the visual state of controls, progress, or confirmation to imply when haptics fire. If the action is disabled, out of range, or rejected, show that immediately and keep the previous context intact.

When designing for haptics, consider mimicking real-world interactions—such as the sensation of a button clicking—to make digital interactions more tangible and satisfying for users.