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I don't really like clicky touchpads, so I consider that a bad point of most of these Apple trackpads. Apple trackpads still work better than anything on Window

by kymaz 5y ago

I don't really like clicky touchpads, so I consider that a bad point of most of these Apple trackpads. Apple trackpads still work better than anything on Windows cause software stack? I can't stand how mice work on macs, the acceleration curve is terrible so that's a trade off... The force sensitive trackpad is nice because you can click with little pressure, taking away my biggest gripe about clicky trackpads.

Gigachad 5y ago
Apple trackpads haven’t physically clicked in a while. It’s just a virtual click now which you can turn off
- micromacrofoot 5y ago
  which is some kind of beautiful implementation tbh... everyone thinks it's a real click
  - dlivingston 5y ago
    One of those side benefits of the iPhone business, I suppose. “Haptic Feedback” started out, I would guess, as the vibration setting for iPhone notifications. The “vibration module” became more advanced, with support for very fine motor control, evolving into the Haptic Engine and a first-class feature when 3D Touch was announced. Not to mention its centrality to the Apple Watch and how it handles everything from notifications to scrolling the Digital Crown. It’s since spread to the MacBook line and perhaps further.
    - micromacrofoot 5y ago
      Indeed, one of those small innovations that sticks despite likely coming out of some adjacent failures.
- jjtheblunt 5y ago
  are you sure the built in trackpads do not click? i remember the article about the external magic trackpads not clicking via pivot, but via haptic effect.
  - rich_sasha 5y ago
    They don’t click when the power is off.
dlivingston 5y ago
You can adjust both the ‘clickiness’ and the acceleration curve of the trackpad on any semi-modern MacBook. https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204352 https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204352 https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/change-your-mouses-response-speed-mchlp1138/mac https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/change-your-mouses-...

by kymaz 5y ago

Gigachad 5y ago

Apple trackpads haven’t physically clicked in a while. It’s just a virtual click now which you can turn off

micromacrofoot 5y ago
which is some kind of beautiful implementation tbh... everyone thinks it's a real click
- dlivingston 5y ago
  One of those side benefits of the iPhone business, I suppose. “Haptic Feedback” started out, I would guess, as the vibration setting for iPhone notifications. The “vibration module” became more advanced, with support for very fine motor control, evolving into the Haptic Engine and a first-class feature when 3D Touch was announced. Not to mention its centrality to the Apple Watch and how it handles everything from notifications to scrolling the Digital Crown. It’s since spread to the MacBook line and perhaps further.
  - micromacrofoot 5y ago
    Indeed, one of those small innovations that sticks despite likely coming out of some adjacent failures.
jjtheblunt 5y ago
are you sure the built in trackpads do not click? i remember the article about the external magic trackpads not clicking via pivot, but via haptic effect.
- rich_sasha 5y ago
  They don’t click when the power is off.

dlivingston 5y ago

You can adjust both the ‘clickiness’ and the acceleration curve of the trackpad on any semi-modern MacBook. https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204352 https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204352 https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/change-your-mouses-response-speed-mchlp1138/mac https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/change-your-mouses-...