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I love the TrackPoint. It allows me to use my computer without ever moving my hands from the keyboard. Touchpads are so inconsistent in their design. On those laptops, I have to type with my wrists arched so I don't accidently "hit" the touchpad which has the bad habit of clicking outside the intended area. I spend 5-6 hours a day at my Thinkpad, disabling the touchpad and only using the pointer makes a ton of difference.
Agreed. It took me a week or two to really get used to the TrackPoint, but when I did it made a much better pointing tool than the trackpad or trackball.
I wish Netbooks would get a TrackPoint-- their keyboard bezel is small enough that a TrackPoint would beat-out a tiny trackpad any day of the week.
Quite possibly.
I love the "nipple". Trackballs feel like a step backwards to me.
I guess it just shows that everyone has their own preference and their own (perfectly good) reasons for prefering what they do.
I actually don't mind the "nipple" or the dot. What I've found in the past is these devices tend to get "stuck" and the mouse cursor tends to drift continuously rather than return to a neutral position and stop when released. Kind of a pain, but I like it a lot better than a trackball or trackpad (which seem to cause carpal-ish pain with prolonged use).
Compared to touchpads, I find that it takes longer to get used to a trackpoint - but that a trackpoint is better for anything that requires precision.
Personally I'll take a decent mouse over either, but I still find trackpoints much more bearable to use than touchpads.
hey dont knock the nipple, its actually quite useful when the the trackpad decides to go belly up and become DOA.
but i too agree that the nipple sucks, but it works in a pinch
dr. d
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2006-07-12
Am i the only person in the world that thinks the nipple is an awful idea? I much prefer the trackball and the pad to the little dot and with long term use i think the touchpad is pretty horrendous too. But its good too see options exists for all those that prefer their own pointing preferences.