Does anyoen else dislike touchpads?
May 7, 2004, 5:43 am
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Originally Posted by ClueByFour
Yeah, I've got a D600 with a slippery nipple. It frequently decides to just head north and east of it's own accord. I guess the Dell folks figured this would happen, because after 3/4 of a trip across the screen, it "recalibrates" and stops again.
May 11, 2004, 9:16 am
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Follow up question:
Does anyone other than IBM still provide the eraser thingy? My work Dell appears to have a non-standard keyboard configuration with both the touchpad and the eraser thingy, but I'm still trying to figure out if I can order one for myself that way...
Does anyone other than IBM still provide the eraser thingy? My work Dell appears to have a non-standard keyboard configuration with both the touchpad and the eraser thingy, but I'm still trying to figure out if I can order one for myself that way...
May 14, 2004, 3:12 pm
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May 14, 2004, 5:10 pm
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A colleague of mine has the wet kitty nose version on his Thinkpad and I had a chance to touch it personally last week. Definitely better compared to the hard nipple I've had to deal with in the past. I still prefer a touch pad for normal travel work and an official mouse otherwise.
I used to use trackballs when I was doing heavy graphics work and I liked them, especially the Kensington versions that basically felt like a Cue-ball. It really freed up the muscles in the hand for very precise pointing.
I used to use trackballs when I was doing heavy graphics work and I liked them, especially the Kensington versions that basically felt like a Cue-ball. It really freed up the muscles in the hand for very precise pointing.
May 17, 2004, 9:10 pm
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It's take me a couple years but I've finally gotten used to my touchpad. However, work laptop has the kitten-nose joystick -- I'm just now getting to the point where I don't prefer that anymore. Like a few others have mentioned....try to stick with the optical mouse!
Jun 18, 2004, 11:35 am
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Follow Up
Surprised when I got my Thinkpad and it had both the touchpad and the joystick. Not complaining, just surprised.
Jun 18, 2004, 1:48 pm
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Love Touchpads - for more than 1 reason!
Well,
From this thread it looks like I'm in the minority - I love touchpads! They grew on me over the last 3 years or so. They do take some getting used to, but now I find them as comfortable as using an external mouse (well, almost!)!
More than the mouse/cursor movement, I love touchpads because I can "Tap" the pad for a single-click, or "double-tap" for a double-click. This completely eliminates clicking any buttons whatsoever! The only time I need to click mouse buttons now are when I need to right-click on something.
I love touchpads!
From this thread it looks like I'm in the minority - I love touchpads! They grew on me over the last 3 years or so. They do take some getting used to, but now I find them as comfortable as using an external mouse (well, almost!)!
More than the mouse/cursor movement, I love touchpads because I can "Tap" the pad for a single-click, or "double-tap" for a double-click. This completely eliminates clicking any buttons whatsoever! The only time I need to click mouse buttons now are when I need to right-click on something.
I love touchpads!
Jun 19, 2004, 9:07 am
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Originally Posted by jcrb
Get replacement trackpoint caps. They are much gentler on your figure tips. And they dont become slippery with wear or dirt like the standard ones either.
You can order them here
You can order them here
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Jun 19, 2004, 9:15 am
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I far prefer the eraserhead pointer.
The touchpad requires me to move my whole hand from away from where I had been using that hand to type. In fact, I'd prefer never to use any other pointing device, because a mouse has the same weakness. Having to reposition my hand to use a pointing device slows me down and ticks me off.
I always buy slightly used laptops on Ebay, and I've had several nice Toshiba Portege models with eraserhead pointer as the native pointing device. My current laptop is a Toshiba Portege 7200 with an eraserhead. Unfortunately, Toshiba's new tablet PC models come with a yucky trackpad.
The touchpad requires me to move my whole hand from away from where I had been using that hand to type. In fact, I'd prefer never to use any other pointing device, because a mouse has the same weakness. Having to reposition my hand to use a pointing device slows me down and ticks me off.
I always buy slightly used laptops on Ebay, and I've had several nice Toshiba Portege models with eraserhead pointer as the native pointing device. My current laptop is a Toshiba Portege 7200 with an eraserhead. Unfortunately, Toshiba's new tablet PC models come with a yucky trackpad.