> Announced on July 27, 2010 > still unbeaten is the rest

the new one is better though...

>>52286595
other companies make competition for this?
never even occurred to me that people cared enough about it outside of the Mac space.

>>52286613
>competition for this?
you mean mice?

because this is better than any mouse by far

>>52286613
Dell makes one, Logitech makes one, I'm sure others do too.

>touchpad
>on not a laptop
Why the fuck would you want one of these?
Mice are much easier to use

>>52286619
no I meant a touchpad addon for desktops. does anyone even try to make something similar?

Mice and trackballs have their own uses, if even the company that sells the touchpad still sells a mouse

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>>52286598
This. I love it.

>>52286651
>Mice are much easier to use
As long as you don't want to use gestures.

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>announced in 60s
>still not beaten
Is ANYBODY even TRYING?

>>52286691
Why would I want to use gestures?

>>52286729
Not him, but I don't think anyone here cares what you want.

>>52286691
Don't care about gestures. However, my mouse has a few extra buttons I can map to whatever I want and all buttons and the wheel are configurable so I can double click, click and hold etc for a crazy amount of "gesture replacements".

>>52286762
That's fine but in principle multi-touch gestures can be as varied as you want. apple only exposes a handful (three/four fingers up, down, etc...) but it's not for lack of technical ability; even the 5-year-old trackpad would be able to recognize a very specific movements. The limitation is that people are probably not going to remember that many gestures.

Meanwhile, a mouse with hard buttons is generally limited by the number of buttons built on the mouse.

>>52286711
>filename
wut

>>52286784
Something's bothering you?

>>52286781
My mouse has eight buttons. Add context based on what window is up and the aforementioned configuration capabilities and I have more capability than the touchpad right now on top of faster, more accurate pointing.

>>52286796
>.jpg
teach me master

>>52286796
no matter how many gestures he does, he can't see the filename

Mouse is an absolute positioning device, touchpad is a relative one. Brain maps the position of mouse to the position of cursor, it can't do that with touchpad. Thus, it will always be slower. By definition. Also
>right click is a gesture
Trash.

>>52286598
>>52286684
I bought a used old trackpad off ebay since fuck paying over 100 bucks for a fucking peripheral.
How is the new one though? Does force click justify this horrendous price?

>>52286811
cool. Can you smooth scroll though?

>>52286866
no absolutely not that's something can only be done with a touchpad even though it's software based

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>>52286825
The extension I use allows me to do that.

>>52286851
Its pretty light, can move it around on your desk a lot easier than the first gen, which is why I got it, easy to take out and then put away. The battery lasts over a month. I disabled peek and pop because I found it difficult to get used to but I can see the appeal. It's really neat you don't have to care about where to press down to click.

>>52286847
You shouldnt comment on something you havent used.

>>52286895
Sorry, not my fault it's broken by design. Even touch screens fare better.

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>>52286876
yeah that's what I thought. I'm very excited about the trackpad I ordered which I'll be using together with my mouse.
>precision+occasional dota=mouse
>actual surfing/using spaces=trackpad
Inertia scrolling is just godsent

>>52286866
Any decent mouse can - smooth scrolling is a software capability and many mice have a toggle scroll wheel that allows ratcheted and smooth scrolling.

>>52286902
lmao get a load of this guy

I hate Apple and everything they stand for

Yet I admit there are some things they do right and one thing is touch technology, this thing is fucking smooth as butter and no other company comes close. I was coerced into trying one at work and it's really kind of awesome.

>>52286595
All new laptops have multifinger touchpads with all the touch gestures.
Touch gestures are very comfy but aside from browsing the internet, they're pretty much useless. All the *buntu and mint distros have multifinger gestures by default

>>52286916
>many mice have a toggle scroll wheel that allows ratcheted and smooth scrolling.
i've only found a small number of mouses to have this. most wheels either scroll smoothly or have a notched feedback kind of thing - not an option to toggle for both.

>>52286595
>implying anyone aside from macfags gives a shit about trackpads

I have a Macbook Pro and I like the trackpad alright, but why would you use one on a desktop computer?

>>52286595
Enjoy HomOSeX, the unique OS that is designed just for touchpads

>>52286711

>not beaten

It got beaten by touchscreens

>>52289016
>HomOSeX
Enjoy being 12

>>52289038
what the fuck are you talking about m8, touchscreens are typically shit on laptops and your arm gets tired after pressing on the screen. Also that screen wobble whenever you press it. And typically the on-screen buttons for things are still not optimized for touch properly. Unless you want to use shit-tier apps, using the trackpad is going to be better.

>>52286847
/thread

>>52286691
> muh gestures

Fuck off with this frilly bullshit, Macfag. There isn't a single thing you can do waving your fingers across this piece of shit like an autistic violinist with down syndrome that can't be done faster with keyboard shortcuts.

>>52289225
Keyboard shortcuts aren't as intuitive and require a learning curve whereas you can pick up a trackpad and use it pretty quickly. You're bias and overexaggerated sense of masculinity is preventing you from thinking rationally

>>52286595
>is the rest of the world even trying?
No

Can it work with windblows

>Touchpad for a desktop
Get the fuck out. This is garbage tier meme technology. It's a toy.

Use a touchscreen like the rest of the productively planet reeeeeeeeeeeeee

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>>52286598
the new one is FUCKING HUGE

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>>52286595
>touchpad on a desktop
Disgusting

>>52286595
Fucking pointless

The reason why this is not widespread for PC is because nobody thinks this was a good idea

>>52286904
>very excited
Its a fucking trackpad, you going to have a welcome party with the guy the delivers it to you?

>>52289608
Just use a mouse with programmable keys. Beats some shitty trackpad out of the water.

>>52291063
>>52286904
>>52286595
It's here. It's fucking beautiful and so damn smooth.
only shitty thing is dragging and dropping which clearly isn't as easy as a real mouse. apart from I definitely recommend it if you have OS X.
EVERYTHING IS SO DAMN SMOOTH
Why is windows scrolling still so shit?

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>>52286595
The problem with /g/ is that its biased too much against Apple. I just want to share how great touchpad gestures are but none of you want to listen because touchpad gestures are something associated with Apple, even though they have been implemented by literally all laptop manufacturers.
I have a Dell Inspiron 3537 and when paired with Xubuntu, the trackpad turns into a magical experience, you move mouse like normal with one finger, by moving 2 fingers you scroll, by tapping two fingers you make a right click, by tapping 3 fingers you make a middle mouse button. Its really convenient. A shame majority of /g/ wont know of it because of their close mindedness

>>52291290
Lmao

>>52286738
It's a valid question, though. Why would you want to use gestures? There's literally zero benefit.

>>52286595
>bigass touch surface
>only one physical button

Useless for me, I need to press left and right buttons at the same time.

>>52291290
>using a trackpad for a desktop
what the fuck is wrong with you

>>52293116
I can left, right, and middle click at the same time with the trackpad.

>>52286672
kek

>>52292618
It's convenient.

>four finger swipe up and down
home and end
>four finger swipe left and right
switch workspaces

>one finger tap top left, middle, right
previous, play/pause, next
>tiptap left and right
Volume down and up

Even if I didn't use the trackpad to control the cursor I'd still have one for gestures

>>52290604
>480p at 3360x2100

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>>52286619
Wanna play some UT99 anon?

>>52291290
"because touchpad gestures"

>what are keybinds

"but you have to memorize those anon and it's hard for my tiny head!"

>implying you don't have to memorize gestures

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>>52293308
>replacing dedicated buttons with gestures
Is there a gesture for shillposting on /g/?

>>52287083
Clitmouses are bretty gud.

>>52294345
>not having dedicated buttons and gestures

>>52293939
>>what are keybinds
But they are arbitrary. Every one makes their own. Move to another PC and you're in Hell.
>>implying you don't have to memorize gestures
There's this thing called muscle memory.
The gestures become second nature within days.
I really miss them when I use a Windows PC.