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Microsoft "enforces" nowadays a generic touchpad interface they call Precision Touchpad. When your notebook has one of these, the Windows generic driver kicks i
by oaiey 7y ago
Microsoft "enforces" nowadays a generic touchpad interface they call Precision Touchpad. When your notebook has one of these, the Windows generic driver kicks in and the experience is MUCH better. I never owned a MacBook but I never again will accept a Windows laptop without a precision Touchpad.
So, I have good hope that Linux users will enjoy this experience also one day. Microsoft forces the vendors in it.
- wtallis 7y agoI have an HP laptop that supports the Precision Touchpad drivers, but it takes considerable effort to use them. By default, Synaptics drivers will be downloaded by Windows Update and override the Windows built-in drivers. It doesn't make much difference to the cursor motion that I have noticed, but the Synaptics configuration UI is just as bad as it was 20+ years ago and doesn't seem to offer the same range of options as the Windows settings page it disables.
- oaiey 7y agoThis download is strange. Because synaptics was the role model for th e interface. Probably HP messed this up.
- seltzered_ 7y agoYeah. It's worth noting that Microsoft's Precision Touchpad enforcement happened ~8 years after the Mac's (multitouch) Touchpad arrived.
- oaiey 7y agoTrue. Comparable to other Microsoft driver projects a colossal failure. But nevertheless, it gains momentum the last two years.