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  1. Scribus Scribus

    So I'm not going to insult anyone's taste in laptop hardware behavior. I am, however, going to say that whoever decided that everyone will always love touchpad tap-to-click and that there is no reason whatsoever to include an easy way to disable it should be stripped naked, rolled across a football field of broken glass and rock salt, and then lit on fire.

    Monday, 24-Sep-12 01:16:25 UTC from web
    1. colfax colfax

      @scribus Hells, even my ancient laptop has a button right above the touchpad to shut it off.

      Monday, 24-Sep-12 01:17:53 UTC from web
    2. RedEnchilada (notice the lack of a space) RedEnchilada (notice the lack of a space)

      @scribus I've gotten used to it. That said, it irritates me that a double-tap in the upper-left corner is what disables the touchpad, since I'll tend to tap there a lot by accident.

      Monday, 24-Sep-12 01:19:26 UTC from web
      1. Scribus Scribus

        @redenchilada I hate it, I will never bother to get used to it, and I resent that in Linux of all things the choice is not presented to me. I've tried and it just results in obscene amounts of obscenity from me.

        Monday, 24-Sep-12 01:25:30 UTC from web
    3. Bit Shift Bit Shift

      @scribus I much prefer to just disable the pad entirely, though in part that's because this laptop comes with a [s]nipple[/s] trackpoint. (Which is SO GOOD.)

      Monday, 24-Sep-12 01:20:01 UTC from web
      1. RedEnchilada (notice the lack of a space) RedEnchilada (notice the lack of a space)

        @bitshift Absolutely NOTHING beats a regular mouse though

        Monday, 24-Sep-12 01:20:51 UTC from web
        1. Bit Shift Bit Shift

          @redenchilada True, but absolutely nothing practical takes up more room either, and for 90% of stuff, I can quite happily use just the built-in pointing devices.

          Monday, 24-Sep-12 01:21:47 UTC from web
      2. Scribus Scribus

        @bitshift Why did the eraser-tip die out? I liked it so much more than touchpads early on.

        Monday, 24-Sep-12 01:26:24 UTC from web
        1. Bit Shift Bit Shift

          @scribus It didn't on thinkpads. Combined with that they're just generally good laptops, it makes them an obvious choice for me. :) (A little expensive, maybe, but that just comes down to picking the right model and customizing away the big money-sinks that're otherwise bundled by default.)

          Monday, 24-Sep-12 01:30:22 UTC from web
    4. Scribus Scribus

      @widget It's not, though.

      Monday, 24-Sep-12 01:28:10 UTC from web
      1. Bit Shift Bit Shift

        @scribus If you don't get a graphical option for it, maybe try synclient? (Unless your touchpad isn't synaptics-based, but I don't even know of any that aren't these days except maaaaybe on macbooks.)

        Monday, 24-Sep-12 01:47:01 UTC from web
        1. Scribus Scribus

          @bitshift Synclient worked, not sure if it'll persist beyond a reboot. The first two or three fixes I found involved files I don't even have, the whole thing was just a colossal headache and it really, really should be made easy! I mean, it seems like such a basic option, Linux-philes are always lamenting the "Oh noes we only have like 1% of the user base" and then, what do they do!? OUTRIGHT REFUSE TO DEVELOP USER-FRIENDLY INTERFACES!! I mean, sure, I can handle some CLI, I even like it at times, but . . . it's . . . I mean. . . . AUGH!! D:<

          Monday, 24-Sep-12 01:49:21 UTC from web
          1. Bit Shift Bit Shift

            @scribus Yeah, it's bothersome.

            Monday, 24-Sep-12 01:50:29 UTC from web
    5. Scribus Scribus

      @widget Crunchbang, and I've already shut off that computer, I don't need the bucking stress.

      Monday, 24-Sep-12 01:29:52 UTC from web