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From: unfrostedpoptart on 29 Jul 2010 16:23
I picked one up yesterday, hoping it would help with some RSI problems
I have with mice. I'll give it a few more days, but I'll probably
return it. First, my fingers stick too much on the surface, making it
a pain to move/drag. Also, gestures like two fingers to scroll up are
not very natural and don't seem like they'll make my fingers happy.

From: David Empson on 30 Jul 2010 03:33
Hi Michelle, thanks for the review. I'll probably get one next month.

A few comments...

Michelle Steiner <michelle(a)michelle.org> wrote:

[...]

> Anyway, after I got home, I installed the Magic iPad. No muss, no fuss;
> just turn it on and pair it. The batteries were already installed. And no
> entering any code to pair, unlike with the wireless mice.
>
> So far, so good; it does take a little getting used to, though. For one
> thing, I have a tendency to keep two fingers on it, so I need to remember
> to have only one finger when trying to move the mouse pointer. I'm also
> trying to decide whether to keep tap-to-click activated; right now, I'm
> going to keep it that way so I can give it a shakedown.

I'm already used to the laptop trackpad two-finger scroll and secondary
click so I won't have a problem with those.

> A three-finger drag can be used to either drag a window or to navigate
> forward and back in Safari, iTunes, and maybe some other applications.

Having now installed the trackpad update and gained the three-finger
gesture to drag a window: what on earth were Apple thinking? This is the
point pointless waste of a gesture I have seen.

It is identical to "click and drag on title bar of window". (Or tap and
drag on title bar, if you have tap-to-click and dragging enabled.)

I thought it would be the equivalent of Command-click and drag, which
lets you move a window in the background. That would at least save me
holding down a key.

I may not want to activate the window I'm dragging, just move it.

You also have to aim at the title bar, which defeats most of the
purpose.

My trackpad already supported three-finger to navigate in iPhoto etc.,
and I've used that a few times. It is actually useful.

> In order to give it a fair and complete trial, I've turned off my Magic
> Mouse, even though both can work together. Based in this initial hour of
> use, though, I think that I'm going to keep it. (I just tried to grab the
> mouse to move the mouse pointer; yup, it's going to be a bit of time to
> untrain myself of that habit.)
>
> More to come later.


--
David Empson
dempson(a)actrix.gen.nz
From: TaliesinSoft on 30 Jul 2010 12:40
I'm now into my second day with the Magic Trackpad and am going through
the expected learning experience. One oddity I've noted is that the pad
is extremely sensitive to how moist my finger is. For instance, I have
to wait about a minute after washing my hands before the pad will
respond correctly to movements of my fingers.

From: TaliesinSoft on 30 Jul 2010 15:36
On 2010-07-30 14:30:32 -0500, Michelle Steiner said:

> Right now my major complaint about the trackpad is
> that tap-to-click is way too sensitive.

I haven't been having any problems with the tap-to-click being "way too
sensitive". I do have a problem with my little finger occasionally
touching the pad, resulting in the action being interpreted as two
fingered.

--
James Leo Ryan - Austin, Texas

From: TaliesinSoft on 1 Aug 2010 23:35
On 2010-07-30 12:36:57 -0700, TaliesinSoft said:

> I do have a problem with my little finger occasionally touching the
> pad, resulting in the action being interpreted as two fingered.

Since stating the above I've found that placing the Magic Touchpad not
right next and in alignment with my keyboard but a bit to the right and
rotated clockwise about thirty degrees minimizes the problem of the
little finger accidentally touching the pad. The positioning and
rotation sets things so that my hand is squarely aligned with the pad.

--
James Leo Ryan - Austin, Texas

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