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Subject: Re: Another Preview Question
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In article <2013112609482441515-savageduck1@REMOVESPAMmecom>,
Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> wrote:

> >> They might want me to buy a trackpad, but my input devices of
> >> choice remain a MS Trackball optical and a Wacom Intuos 4. A
> >> trackpad does not provide the precision and ease of interaction of
> >> those devices, and I have no interest in learning a bizarre set of
> >> gestures.
> > 
> > They're not bizarre at all.  ;)
> 
> What!! Apple is discriminating against the "digitally" impaired. I
> was never able to (or truly wanted to) engage in Vulcan salutes, or
> stand on my head while moving my big toe in concert with my left ring
> finger and nose across a trackpad to perform a task which has been
> simple to execute in the past.

Me neither, but I am able to swipe one, two, three, or even four
fingers across a track pad, and I'm able to even move my thumb and
forefinger together or apart.  I can even tap the pad with my
forefinger and middle finger simultaneously.

No need for head standing, nor use of toes or noses.