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Apple’s mice are atrocious, but the Magic Trackpad 2 is my favourite pointing device, bar none. It’s gestures are by far the fastest way to navigate the multita

Apple’s mice are atrocious, but the Magic Trackpad 2 is my favourite pointing device, bar none. It’s gestures are by far the fastest way to navigate the multitasking environment in MacOS. Keybinding with traditional mice, such as the MX Master should ostensibly provide the same experience, but in practice it’s way slower and more disjointed than using the trackpad. I just cannot navigate MacOS with a mouse, as quickly as I can with a trackpad. The trackpad is so good that I even know people that use the trackpad alongside their MX Master, for pinch/zoom, scrolling and multitasking.

toddmorey 6y ago
This is a great way to work
VRay 6y ago
Is there some trick to that thing? Whenever I use a trackpad all day, I get horrible finger pain. The only other activity that's as hard on my fingers as heavy trackpad use is playing Guitar Hero on a high difficulty setting (presumably playing a real instrument would be as bad, but I don't know how to)
- jowiar 6y ago
  Are you clicking with the pointing finger? Every time I see someone do that (which is common), it looks incredibly awkward — especially a click and drag. Fingers for pointing and gestures, thumb for clicking. Use arm or fingers rather than wrist. I usually point with my middle finger, occasionally index, scroll with my middle and ring fingers.
  - VRay 6y ago
    ah, yeah, I think I'm just using it generally completely un-ergonomically I can somehow get away with it on my mouse since I'm resting my arm and not curling my fingers or moving my wrist much, but the trackpad pushes things too far I'm not sure how people can handle holding up their arms all day to do things properly ergonomically though Hey, BTW, I don't know much about how things work on HackerNews, but this completely innocuous comment you made showed as "dead" with a "vouch" button. I clicked the "vouch" button and then your comment lit up.. I think your account is in some sort of punishment state

toddmorey 6y ago

This is a great way to work

VRay 6y ago

Is there some trick to that thing? Whenever I use a trackpad all day, I get horrible finger pain. The only other activity that's as hard on my fingers as heavy trackpad use is playing Guitar Hero on a high difficulty setting (presumably playing a real instrument would be as bad, but I don't know how to)

jowiar 6y ago
Are you clicking with the pointing finger? Every time I see someone do that (which is common), it looks incredibly awkward — especially a click and drag. Fingers for pointing and gestures, thumb for clicking. Use arm or fingers rather than wrist. I usually point with my middle finger, occasionally index, scroll with my middle and ring fingers.
- VRay 6y ago
  ah, yeah, I think I'm just using it generally completely un-ergonomically I can somehow get away with it on my mouse since I'm resting my arm and not curling my fingers or moving my wrist much, but the trackpad pushes things too far I'm not sure how people can handle holding up their arms all day to do things properly ergonomically though Hey, BTW, I don't know much about how things work on HackerNews, but this completely innocuous comment you made showed as "dead" with a "vouch" button. I clicked the "vouch" button and then your comment lit up.. I think your account is in some sort of punishment state