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I have never understood how Synaptics touchpads can suck so bad running on the vendors own drivers but are amazing running on drivers probably reversed engineer

I have never understood how Synaptics touchpads can suck so bad running on the vendors own drivers but are amazing running on drivers probably reversed engineers by some guy over a weekend in his basement.

BrandonLive 10y ago
Oh, if you can, stick to trackpads without custom drivers ("Precision Touch Pads" in Windows). Surface trackpads all fall into this bucket.
- ubercow13 10y ago
  XPS 13 is a MS precision touchpad. I agree with GP, it sucks in Windows. Under Linux it's much better.
  - BrandonLive 10y ago
    Better how? You definitely get way better scrolling and zooming under Windows.
    - ubercow13 10y ago
      No massive deadzone when moving your finger a small amount, pointer doesn't freeze for ages after a click, it's actually possible to middle click (with 3 fingers). Scrolling is exactly the same as far as I can tell, though you are right that zooming doesn't seem to be supported by any application as far as I can tell. Honestly the accuracy of pointing just feels much better too even when not clicking but that's quite hard to quantify.