Trackpad

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I'm currently playing with my belated Father's Day present (thanks to an Apple gift card from Megen): a "Magic Trackpad." It's a bluetooth -powered large trackpad that is replacing my sometimes temperamental trackball. When using my laptap away from my desk and the keyboard set-up there, that I like the trackpad and using the gestures to do all sorts of things that the trackball can't.

It'll be a bit before I'm totally comfortable with it, I suspect, but so far I like this a lot. The only issue is that I've turned on the "Tap for Click" function, which I've never used before, and it's a bit sensitive (or I'm a little hard when putting my fingers on the trackpad) and I sometimes end up clicking on things inadvertently. I'l leave it on for a bit, but if that doesn't go away soon, I'll disable that function again.

Otherwise, this is nice! Anyone else using one of these?

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[barbarienne.livejournal.com]

I always hated trackpads on laptops, but when I was buying a new desktop computer earlier this year, I figured what they hey, I'll spring for the extra bux and get the magic trackpad. I'm getting severe issues in my wrist from mouse-clicking, and thought maybe the trackpad would help.

It took some getting used to, but I find it wonderful when I'm typesetting (which requires A LOT of mouse-clicking). I still prefer the mouse when I'm cruising the internet or straight-up designing, and sometimes even in typesetting it's easier to do a particular action with the mouse because it's less sensitive (as you note).

But after the first book or two, the trackpad got a lot easier to use. I keep both the trackpad and the mouse handy--they're both wireless and my desk is big, so why not--and switch as needed depending on the type of task.