GurtTractor wrote:The lack of tactile feedback is what bothers me about trackpads [...] I really like the little trackpoint nub in the Thinkpad I have
AJ wrote:????The lack of tactile feedback is what bothers me about trackpads [...] I really like the little trackpoint nub in the Thinkpad I have
GurtTractor wrote:...
Roujin wrote:Aw yea, we just found the successor to the standing/sitting debate!
AJ wrote:I disagree with a lot of that, but this is a dumb thing to...argue aboutdiscuss so I won't comment on specifics. I was just confused by the quoted statement because, ostensibly, it made no sense.
Basically, the current way which we interact with all our marvelous computing machines is just shit really. Trackpads offer a marginally better experience with their matt surfaces compared to smooth glass, but still lack meaningful feedback. I've tried the new Macbook haptic trackpads, interesting idea, but all they're doing is mimicking a clicky physical button but without the actual travel distance of such a switch. There's some hope for that kind of tech though. At least with a Trackpoint nub it kind of feels like I'm actually pushing or tilting something around, still not the best solution probably, but better than dragging my finger across a featureless surface.We live in a three-dimensional world. Our hands are designed for moving and rotating objects in three dimensions, for picking up objects and placing them over, under, beside, and inside each other. No creature on earth has a dexterity that compares to ours.
The next time you make a sandwich, pay attention to your hands. Seriously! Notice the myriad little tricks your fingers have for manipulating the ingredients and the utensils and all the other objects involved in this enterprise. Then compare your experience to sliding around Pictures Under Glass.
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