On Monday, November 17, 2014, Björn Persson <bjorn@rombobjörn.se> wrote:
> Mustafa Muhammad <mustafaa.alhamda...@gmail.com <javascript:;>> wrote: > > On Mon, Nov 17, 2014 at 2:49 PM, Björn Persson <bjorn@rombobjörn.se > <javascript:;>> wrote: > > > Perhaps demonstrate that it won't cause the rest of us to click on > > > random things by accident, instead of just thinking so? > > > > I didn't say that, I said, "I don't think it bothers the others that > much". > > Then I can only conclude that you don't think it bothers people that > much if they click on random things by accident. I know it would bother > me, and I know one Windows user who had to disable tapping because the > cursor kept jumping to random places in the text while she was typing. > > > It can be disabled, but we are talking about the what the default > > behavior should be. > > Defaults should follow the principle of least surprise. A user who taps > the touchpad and finds that nothing happens will have a good idea of > what to look for in the settings. A user who repeatedly finds herself > suddenly typing in the wrong place may have lots of trouble before she > figures out that it happens when her palm gets too close to the > touchpad. Needing to enable a feature that I know I want doesn't bother > me much. Being forced to grope in the dark for the cause of a weird > problem bothers me a lot. > > > Things are not black and white there is a "disable touchpad while typing" option which would solve your problem while not making the impression that something is broken like it is now.
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