In message , Ken Blake
writes:
On Mon, 21 May 2018 19:47:20 +0200, "R.Wieser"
wrote:

J.P. ,

Touchpads ? I hate them, I turn them off and plug in a real mouse !...

Jokes aside...


It's not a joke--I also hate them and plug in a real mouse.

The joke was, I'd started my original post with something like "for
those who react to anything mentioning touchpads by saying you hate
them, unplug them, and plug in a real mouse - please don't bother." So
R. Wieser started his reply by facetiously saying just that (but then
did go on to try to address the problem I had).

Why? For the same reason I hate trackballs. What's best for any of us
is what we are used to. If a touchpad or trackball is unfamiliar, it
is awkward and difficult to use.

And vice-versa.

Actually, I find I can use all three (though haven't used a trackball
for a while [I did once have a tiny one that sat round my index finger
and was operated with a thumb]); there are a few things that each does
well, or perhaps it would be more accurate to say there are a few things
that each is less than optimum for.

Given that most laptops/netbooks these days come with a
trackpad/touchpad, and where _I_ use them doesn't have an adjacent space
for using a mouse (I often have it literally on my lap), I find the pad
serves my purposes most of the time. The problem is that there are ways
of changing its behaviour, which are made easy to do, and I sometimes
trigger them accidentally: I was wondering if there was a way of making
them more difficult to invoke (or, failing that, some way of restoring
the previous settings that was easier than reversing the change). Some
suggestions have been made.
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