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Re: Does anyone find the trackpads annoying and too big?

From Lewis <g.kreme@kreme.dont-email.me>
Newsgroups comp.sys.mac.portables, comp.sys.mac.system
Subject Re: Does anyone find the trackpads annoying and too big?
Date 2021-05-19 16:07 +0000
Organization Miskatonic U
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In message <s82tvu$hfu$1@dont-email.me> Wade Garrett <wade@cooler.net> wrote:
> On 5/18/21 6:41 PM, Jolly Roger wrote:
>> On 2021-05-18, Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote:
>>> In comp.sys.mac.portables Lewis <g.kreme@kreme.dont-email.me> wrote:
>>>> In message <6f2dnbfWlIonTD_9nZ2dnUU7-QXNnZ2d@earthlink.com> Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote:
>>>>> Does anyone find the trackpads annoying and too big?
>>>
>>>> Nope. I love the trackpad. Bigger is better.
>>>
>>>>> Typing keeps touching it.
>>>
>>>> I only have the trackpad activate while typing if I am typing very
>>>> slowly.
>>>
>>>>> there a way to disable 2020's 13" Intel MBP's trackpad when the
>>>>> mouse is connected?
>>>
>>>> Yes, there is. have you loked at the trackpad settings? Or possibly
>>>> in the Mouse settings or maybe in accessibility.
>>>
>>>> Ah, it is accessibility:
>>>
>>>> <https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/change-mouse-trackpad-preferences-unac899/mac>
>>>
>>> Perfect and thanks. I did look in the other places like trackpad.
>>> Strange to find it in accessiblity.
>> 
>> Not really strange, no. Most people don't have the problem you have, and
>> those that do are often disabled or have special needs.
>> 
> I don't especially like track pads. I find them awkward to use and much 
> less precise than a good mouse.

The each have advantages, there are many things that are much better
with a trackpad, and a few that are much better with a good trackball
(or a mouse if you like filthy rodents).

Selecting multiple things from a list, for example, I use my trackball.
Switching spaces, using Mission Control, editing photos, usimg the
various gestures I've defined in BTT, scrolling, etc the trackpad is
much better.

> If I find myself forced to use a laptop for an extended period of time, 
> I usually hook up a mouse.


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	choices are half chance; so are everybody else's.

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Does anyone find the trackpads annoying and too big? ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) - 2021-05-17 15:27 -0500
  Re: Does anyone find the trackpads annoying and too big? Lewis <g.kreme@kreme.dont-email.me> - 2021-05-18 06:38 +0000
    Re: Does anyone find the trackpads annoying and too big? ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) - 2021-05-18 16:53 -0500
      Re: Does anyone find the trackpads annoying and too big? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2021-05-18 22:41 +0000
        Re: Does anyone find the trackpads annoying and too big? Wade Garrett <wade@cooler.net> - 2021-05-19 07:49 -0400
          Re: Does anyone find the trackpads annoying and too big? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2021-05-19 15:09 +0000
          Re: Does anyone find the trackpads annoying and too big? Lewis <g.kreme@kreme.dont-email.me> - 2021-05-19 16:07 +0000

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