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I've never used an optical touchpoint, but it's hard for me to imagine a pointing device that's worse than trackpoints. I didn't know their name until just now
by recursive 6y ago
I've never used an optical touchpoint, but it's hard for me to imagine a pointing device that's worse than trackpoints. I didn't know their name until just now when I searched it. Oh, that eraser thing in the middle of the keyboard. I would pay extra for a keyboard that didn't have one of those on it.
- alextingle 6y agoThey do divide opinion. I never use my trackpad, and always just use the trackpoint.
- IggleSniggle 6y agoI love trackpoints, but suspect that they are a lot nicer for gamers who are accustomed to joysticks that respond to how much throttle you supply along each axis than for non-gamers where the micromovements needed are more frustrating. But now I'm remembering the laptop trackball. Does anyone else remember these? I remember them being built into the back of the monitor (or maybe just below, on the keyboard chasis), so that when you grasped the laptop in both hands near the natural balance point near the monitor, your right thumb would naturally sit atop the trackball. Suddenly, I'd love to see a micro-computer that had a joystick on the front right and a chording keyboard on the bottom, with meta-keys on top. So you type with 8 fingers on the back (and one left thumb on top), and perform mouse actions with your right thumb (clickable joystick seems about right for the form-factor).