"Steven Schveighoffer" <schvei...@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:op.v8nti0dheav7ka@localhost.localdomain... > 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. >
But how is just the basic "moving the pointer" compared to other touchpads? That's the only problem I ever had with them (Well, that and accidentally "clicking" with my palm while trying to type). The physical buttons always worked fine for me, I've never been much a fan of gestures anyway.