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And more laptops without any touchscreen. Because it's far quicker and more convenient to move a single finger across a little touchpad instead of the whole han
by alpaca128 7y ago
And more laptops without any touchscreen. Because it's far quicker and more convenient to move a single finger across a little touchpad instead of the whole hand across a 13+ inch near-vertical screen. I used a Surface Pro for 2 years and in "laptop mode" I used the touchpad 95% of the time, and now and then the touchscreen to scroll or zoom a website.
The only thing I don't get is why Apple didn't create MBP touchpads compatible with their digitizer. When I saw the announcement of the first Macbook with this new huge touchpad that seemed so obvious to me, and I was baffled they only went for that strange touchbar.
- pmontra 7y agoI've got a Samsung tablet with Linux on Dex. It's Ubuntu 16.04 with Unity in a LXC container running on the Android Linux kernel. I use a mouse most of the time but when I have to press buttons on dialog boxes it's easier to raise my hand from the keyboard and push the button. Same for touching a window a raise or above the others. The size of the button or the exposed size of the window make the difference. There must be plenty of space or mistouches kill the experience. Resizing windows is something I do only with the mouse. A hybrid approach, mouse/touchpad and touchscreen is the best IMHO. If my next laptop has a touchscreen option I'll buy it.