Magic Trackpad first impression
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From: TaliesinSoft on 7 Aug 2010 23:52 Here I am, nine days into my Magic Trackpad, and today I tried setting it aside and returning to using a mouse and found that I really, really, really missed the trackpad. Admittedly I still have some adapting to the conventions of the trackpad to get used to, but all in all I'm totally satisfied and love the fact that the various gestures are much richer in capabilities than those provided by the mouse. In short, it's a keeper!
From: Davoud on 8 Aug 2010 02:37 TaliesinSoft wrote: > Here I am, nine days into my Magic Trackpad, and today I tried setting > it aside and returning to using a mouse and found that I really, > really, really missed the trackpad. Admittedly I still have some > adapting to the conventions of the trackpad to get used to, but all in > all I'm totally satisfied and love the fact that the various gestures > are much richer in capabilities than those provided by the mouse. In > short, it's a keeper! To each his own, let a thousand flowers bloom, all that, what? Here I am, 12 years into PowerBooks and MacBook Pro's (two of the former and three of the latter just now) and I still don't like trackpads. Especially when they don't have primary and secondary buttons. Davoud -- I agree with almost everything that you have said and almost everything that you will say in your entire life. usenet *at* davidillig dawt cawm
From: David Empson on 8 Aug 2010 03:23 Davoud <star(a)sky.net> wrote: > TaliesinSoft wrote: > > > Here I am, nine days into my Magic Trackpad, and today I tried setting > > it aside and returning to using a mouse and found that I really, > > really, really missed the trackpad. Admittedly I still have some > > adapting to the conventions of the trackpad to get used to, but all in > > all I'm totally satisfied and love the fact that the various gestures > > are much richer in capabilities than those provided by the mouse. In > > short, it's a keeper! > > To each his own, let a thousand flowers bloom, all that, what? Indeed. > Here I am, 12 years into PowerBooks and MacBook Pro's (two of the former > and three of the latter just now) and I still don't like trackpads. I'm on my fourth Apple laptop (iBook, PowerBook, two MacBook Pros). I think trackpads are great, but I still use an external mouse for occasional tasks. > Especially when they don't have primary and secondary buttons. I can't stand PC laptop trackpads which do have primary and secondary buttons. I'm often clicking the wrong one simply because I'm using my right thumb. I absolutely love Apple's implementation on recent models of two-finger tap to do a secondary click, plus two-finger scroll with momentum. -- David Empson dempson(a)actrix.gen.nz
From: TaliesinSoft on 8 Aug 2010 08:08 On 2010-08-08 01:37:03 -0500, Davoud said: > Davoud -- James Leo Ryan - Austin, Texas
From: TaliesinSoft on 8 Aug 2010 08:10
On 2010-08-08 01:37:03 -0500, Davoud said: > TaliesinSoft wrote: >> Here I am, nine days into my Magic Trackpad, and today I tried setting >> it aside and returning to using a mouse and found that I really, >> really, really missed the trackpad. Admittedly I still have some >> adapting to the conventions of the trackpad to get used to, but all in >> all I'm totally satisfied and love the fact that the various gestures >> are much richer in capabilities than those provided by the mouse. In >> short, it's a keeper! > To each his own, let a thousand flowers bloom, all that, what? Here I > am, 12 years into PowerBooks and MacBook Pro's (two of the former and > three of the latter just now) and I still don't like trackpads. > Especially when they don't have primary and secondary buttons. The Magic Trackpad can indeed be configured to have primary and secondary buttons, the primary being a click (as opposed to a tap) almost anywhere on the pad, and the secondary being a click in the lower righthand corner. -- James Leo Ryan - Austin, Texas |