stephen john smoogen wrote: > On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 1:45 PM, Paul Fox <p...@laptop.org> wrote: > > stephen john smoogen wrote: > > > On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 1:13 PM, Mikus Grinbergs <mi...@bga.com> wrote: > > > > I usually operate my XO with an external USB trackball, and have no > > > > problem with cursor positioning. Lately I've often needed to operate > > > > XOs (hdw early G1G1, but F11 build) with the native keypad, and I can > > > > appreciate the many complaints I have heard about using the old > > keypad. > > > > > > I have been running into this with the XO-1.5 prototype but thought it > > > was either a prototype issue or my fat fingers.. however I noticed it > > > with my kid also. Pretty much the same behaviour you list below.. in > > > low humidity the cursor will move without touching the keyboard. Is > > > there anything I can do to help debug/fix this for people (New Mexico > > > is pretty much always low humidity) > > > > um, we've had a lot of trouble with XO-1 touchpads, which is what mikus > > was using. i think this is the first report of serious erratic > > operation on an XO-1.5. :-/ > > Basically it occured while I was typing in abiword. When typing a lot, > I would find the typing would move around the screen at times. > Starting on a word would move some of the letters into the middle of > another word. I thought it was at first the touch pad and I was typing > it, but I could not see anything where I was hitting it. So it may be > a different problem than what Mikus was seeing..
ah. this sounds a lot like tap-to-click. is it possible that your thumb, perhaps, was touching lightly on the touchpad while you were typing, thereby moving the cursor? paul =--------------------- paul fox, p...@laptop.org _______________________________________________ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
