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> A touchpad is a pointer device with a similar level of precision and interaction as a mouse. One completely unlike touch. The main difference is if you aim b
by SahAssar 6y ago
> A touchpad is a pointer device with a similar level of precision and interaction as a mouse. One completely unlike touch.
The main difference is if you aim by using a pointer on the screen or if you aim by touching what you want to interact with. Some things like gestures are basically the same (or could be).
- masklinn 6y ago> The main difference is if you aim by using a pointer on the screen or if you aim by touching what you want to interact with. Yes. That is not a small difference. That is, in fact, a huge difference. The buttons on my phone are physically larger than those on my laptop's screen, yet they are significantly harder to hit reliably. Manipulating text remains a chore on touch device, except when those touch devices provide a pointer erzats (of which Apple removed a large part of the convenience when they broke selection support with the deprecation of 3D touch).