On Wed, 25 Jan 2012 16:31:14 -0500, Nick Sabalausky <a@a.a> wrote:
"Steven Schveighoffer" <schvei...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:op.v8nbixzyeav7ka@localhost.localdomain...
I must rave about the trackpad on the macbook pro. The interface is so
damned good, I hate going back to my linux laptop (which I must do for
work).
A good trackpad?!? That seems difficult to believe. Whenever I use a
laptop,
I just grab/carry-around a trackball (or at least a mouse). I can barely
use
those touchpad things, and IBM's "clitmouse" is only a little bit better.
It's freaking cool. The best part is the scrolling. On my dell laptop, I
have to use the right side of the touchpad to scroll. With the track pad,
I just use 2 fingers, and it scrolls, no matter where I am on the pad.
Click with 2-fingers, and it's a right-click.
There are a bunch of multi touch gestures. Like 5-finger pinch brings up
the app launcher (kind of like iPad home screen), 5-finger "explode" shows
desktop, 4 finger swipe up brings up the window chooser (kind of like
alt-tab).
It's completely accurate, I haven't yet had it misinterpret how many
fingers I'm using. I find that kind of amazing given how shitty touch
screens used to be.
It is a little unnerving at first, I was thinking "where the fuck are the
buttons?!"
The only complaint I have is that at the top of the pad, it's very hard to
click.
-Steve
