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Trackpoint/clit-mouse is awesome. It has a higher learning curve, but far more speed and control than a trackpad. Basically, I have not yet met a trackpad user
by NikolaNovak 7y ago
Trackpoint/clit-mouse is awesome.
It has a higher learning curve, but far more speed and control than a trackpad. Basically, I have not yet met a trackpad user who is not painful to watch as a trackpoint user.
- You can have pixel-level precision
- You can have fast movements from edge to edge of the screen
- You can use it without moving your fingers away from the keyboard
- You can use it without moving your elbows or arms around
+ It is therefore great for small laptops, small spaces (in airplane seat, on a bench, etc)
Basically, far from being vestigial, my boss has been advised that a trackpoint-equipped laptop is a "condition of employment" for me.
- saltcured 7y agoHa, the trackpoint is a necessity for me too. I have acquired various Thinkpad USB and bluetooth keyboards so that my desktop and home media computers also have it. I feel a bit baffled if forced to use a trackpad on someone else's machine. I've been doing this for almost 20 years, since I first learned on a Thinkpad T20. However, I also use Fedora Linux almost exclusively, and have suffered through several shifts in the drivers and input systems. There were times that my desktop trackpoint became much harder for me to use, as the behavior of the cursor went haywire. I was never able to find configurable parameters to put it completely back to normal, but instead had to also retrain my fingers a bit. I find that I am much more "fluent" on my laptop with a 1080 screen. On my desktop with side-by-side 4K screens, my efforts are a bit spastic. I have traded off precision so that I can get the cursor around all that real estate without coffee breaks in the middle of long movements. But, trying to grab window corners and other small targets can be a bit hit or miss as I over-shoot.