Future notebook hardware

[Sonic Glitch]

This isn't so much "Future Notebook Hardware" as "current notebook question" but I didn't want to create a new thread. I've noticed with my laptop, when using the trackpad I will somehow accidently click and drag links and photos. I can drag tabs out of the toolbar and they open in a new window. Just now I began dragging a "view posts" link. I've also managed to catch photos and such and drag them. Is this a peculiarity of Firefox? And how is it possible since as far as I can tell, I do not have a click and drag capacity with one finger. Also, this only happens accidentally. I never manage to reproduce the effect on purpose.

[Captain Picard's Hair]

I've noticed myself making accidental clicks when gestuting on a touch pad - when I intend to move the pointer I'll accidentally click somewhere but that's becuase I'm uncomfortable working with it (user error). For that reason I usually use a USB wireless mouse.

[Teaos]

I use the track pad about 80% of the time, thus I have gotten pretty good with it and rarely mess up. It just takes practice.

[IanKennedy]

This isn't so much "Future Notebook Hardware" as "current notebook question" but I didn't want to create a new thread. I've noticed with my laptop, when using the trackpad I will somehow accidently click and drag links and photos. I can drag tabs out of the toolbar and they open in a new window. Just now I began dragging a "view posts" link. I've also managed to catch photos and such and drag them. Is this a peculiarity of Firefox? And how is it possible since as far as I can tell, I do not have a click and drag capacity with one finger. Also, this only happens accidentally. I never manage to reproduce the effect on purpose.

Sounds like you have 'tapping' enabled. Tapping is producing a click by tapping anywhere on the track pad. Personally, it's the first thing I turn off, if I want to click I can use the buttons provided.

[IanKennedy]

I've noticed myself making accidental clicks when gestuting on a touch pad - when I intend to move the pointer I'll accidentally click somewhere but that's becuase I'm uncomfortable working with it (user error). For that reason I usually use a USB wireless mouse.

It's easy. Just turn off tapping, I've never come across a track pad that didn't allow you to do this. Once you do that it's easy to use the track pad.

[Reliant121]

i've become used to using the tapping on track pads. I find it a lot more convenient than using the button, especially if I am using my left hand. I had an...incident with my left side when I was younger which makes it less flexible than my right, meaning I struggle to do more than one thing at once with it. Tracking and tapping a button at the same time is for some reason challenging to do.

[Teaos]

I have tapping on. I find it no issue to use a track pad with it turned on, just be sure to slightly move your finger every time you touch the pad.

[Nickswitz]

Yeah, I personally like the new Mac ones, no need to have tapping on. I don't even think they have the option. The whole pad is a button.

[Reliant121]

Great, mums iMac wont boot and now its automatically my fault because I pressed the on button.

[Nickswitz]

Wow, that sucks. Sorry to be a smart ass. Is it plugged in? Are all the wires in there firmly, I've found that often to be a easily fixed problem.

[Reliant121]

All wires are in perfectly. it turns on fine, then the white background load screen with the Apple insignia and the swirling load retical appear. then it hangs there. been doing it all morning.

[Teaos]

Get another Mac and run it through slave mode, pretty quick way to find out whats going on.

[Reliant121]

Slight problem. We are the only person we know who have one for like the next 150 miles. That we know of course.

[Teaos]

Mac shop?

[Reliant121]

we can although the closest is Southampton. We won't get in there before it closes with traffic in Southampton. Besides the fact my mother is petrified of driving anywhere she doesnt know.