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On most devices tap-to-click is on by default. It’s always the first thing I turn off. I have always found it completely useless and it turns incidental touches
by dpark 8y ago
On most devices tap-to-click is on by default. It’s always the first thing I turn off. I have always found it completely useless and it turns incidental touches into accidental clicks. “Oops, guess I sent that email.”
This isn’t relevant to the parent’s complaint, though. Without dedicated buttons, you’re relying on the driver to distinguish between a one and two finger click. That detection, even on Apple devices, is noticeably imperfect for reasons I don’t understand. (Click “anywhere” was solved by Apple with their haptic not-actually-clicking trackpads that are pretty awesome.)
- joombaga 8y agoMan I really disagree about Apple's new trackpads. I feel very uneasy using them. It's almost an "uncanny valley" type feeling.
- dpark 8y agoI didn’t love the massive size of the new trackpads but it took me all of 5 minutes to adapt to the click. Happy to trade off a real click for click-anywhere behavior (and potentially better durability). Although I found the trackpad didn’t actually click well along the right edge. No idea what that was about.
- antt 8y agoThis works amazingly well on Linux with the ancient synaptics driver. I've never had to change the defaults
- lylecubed 8y agoThis is probably a personal preference thing. It's always the first thing I turn off too, even on linux. No amount of tinkering with the settings ever got me to a "sweet spot" where I'm not accidentally clicking things.