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I never understand how people can bear using a touchpad long term. Is carrying a mouse that hard?

• gambiting 2y ago
  It's not about carrying a mouse. A staggering number of people don't work at any kind of desk anymore, teenagers included - you use the laptop while on a sofa, and that makes using a mouse inconvenient at best. And touchpads(especially on apple laptops) are ok nowadays.
  • FuriouslyAdrift 1y ago
    I don't know why they don't put the touch above the keyboard. I am constantly hitting the touchpad while typing.
  • jowea 1y ago
    Well I must be a weirdo because I literally would rather use a mouse on top of the laptop keyboard than use the touchpad
• r00fus 1y ago
  I think the mouse is critical with non-touchscreen interfaces. Smaller hit-targets, lots of on-screen buttons/menus, file manipulation, etc. The more and more modern desktop OSs evolve, the less of that is required. I want to open a file? I search for it using Win key / Spotlight - I just need to know the name or content. The day will come when LLMs come integrated with your desktop OS and abstract away even more of the screen elements and interactions...