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General => The Superdeep Borehole => Topic started by: recursivelyenumerable on August 20, 2012, 01:17:11 AM

Title: How do you use a trackpad?
Post by: recursivelyenumerable on August 20, 2012, 01:17:11 AM

Personally, I can't stand using trackpads at the incredibly slow pointer speed they tend to default to, where you have to take multiple "passes" to move the cursor any distance. I always turn the pointer speed to near the maximum (usually 1 notch below it) and then when I need to move a shorter distance or precisely target some small icon, it's still not a problem because instead of sliding my finger I "roll" the tip of my finger for finer movement, which works very well and feels nice. While I came up with this method independently I always vaguely assumed this was how everyone who knows what they're doing uses a trackpad, but I never had any real basis for this assumption so, uh, here's a poll.

Title: Re: How do you use a trackpad?
Post by: MCD on August 20, 2012, 01:20:39 AM

I just plug a mouse.

Title: Re: How do you use a trackpad?
Post by: Tasty on August 20, 2012, 01:21:07 AM

I set it to be faster than the default usually, but not the fastest setting.

Title: Re: How do you use a trackpad?
Post by: MCD on August 20, 2012, 01:22:22 AM

Actually, I don't use laptops. My DM1-Z HP is just for beta testing stuff.

Title: Re: How do you use a trackpad?
Post by: Madrun Badrun on August 20, 2012, 01:26:12 AM

I put it on the lowest setting.  All that finger practice will pay off when I finally meet a girl who can look past my social ineptitude. 

Title: Re: How do you use a trackpad?
Post by: recursivelyenumerable on August 20, 2012, 01:30:54 AM

It's about finesse

Title: Re: How do you use a trackpad?
Post by: Madrun Badrun on August 20, 2012, 01:44:50 AM

And about learning to use the IBM TrackPoint with my tongue.  I'll be such the catch. 

Title: Re: How do you use a trackpad?
Post by: archnemesis on August 20, 2012, 01:57:23 AM

I try to use keyboard shortcuts instead or plug in a proper mouse. When I'm forced to use a trackpad I leave it at the default settings.

Title: Re: How do you use a trackpad?
Post by: Beezy on August 20, 2012, 08:04:46 AM

Quote from: MCD on August 20, 2012, 01:20:39 AM

I just plug a mouse.

Title: Re: How do you use a trackpad?
Post by: recursivelyenumerable on August 20, 2012, 03:57:10 PM

So 4 out of 7 people suck at using trackpads :gloomy

Title: Re: How do you use a trackpad?
Post by: chronovore on August 20, 2012, 05:42:36 PM

Most trackpads suck, is the problem. The implementation is usually pretty poor on almost every non-Mac laptop I've used, but I liked my MacBook's trackpad so much, I bought a standalone one for my iMac.

Title: Re: How do you use a trackpad?
Post by: bork on August 20, 2012, 05:44:03 PM

Quote from: Beezy on August 20, 2012, 08:04:46 AM

Quote from: MCD on August 20, 2012, 01:20:39 AM

I just plug a mouse.