trackpads
Software
Reminder: Your Unibody MacBook’s Trackpad Is Magical
7:19AM John Herrman | Hey you, with the unibody MacBook. You probably heard that your trackpad supports 11-point multitouch, but do you know what the actually means? FingerMgmt shows you. More »
Design
I Love Trackpads!
6:00AM Brian Lam | Somewhere, as I transitioned from being a proud desktop user with parts scattered around my room, to the being a dedicated laptop user, I forgot how to use a mouse. And today, I embrace the swiftness of the trackpad. More »
Peripherals
Synaptics Clickpad Brings the Clickable Trackpad Design to PCs
12:30PM Adrian Covert | Synaptics Clickpad will bring the buttonless, clickable trackpad (found in the current MacBook line) to PC laptops, complete with their full suite of multitouch gestures.
Computers
Sharp Mebius NJ70A Has Twice as Many Screens as a Typical Netbook
7:35PM John Herrman | On paper, the Mebius NJ70A looks just about the same as every other Atom netbook, except for one glaring, 854×480, 4-inch, multitouch LCD difference. More »
Peripherals
SmartTrack Neo Multitouch Pad for PC Lets You Do the Pinching Thing
10:28PM Jesus Diaz | If you have a PC you don’t have to be envious about the multitouch pad in MacBooks: Now you can replace your mouse with a big ugly thing and do the same magic moves. Wheee. More »
Gadgets
Spend $US15 and Give Your Multitouch Trackpad Tablet-esque Functionality
9:30AM Adrian Covert | The Pogo Sketch stylus promises to add tablet-like functionality for laptop’s multi-touch trackpad (YES, including the Macbook). While it probably isn’t the same as a real tablet, it beats drawing crap with your finger. More »
Computers
Apple Updates Multitouch Trackpad Drivers for Windows, Still Unusable
1:30PM Matt Buchanan | The multitouch trackpad on the aluminium MacBooks is, to be generous, barely usable in Windows. So I was excited there’s a new update. But apparently they screwed it up—it still sucks, just differently. [Ars] More »
Design
Gesture-Controlled Light Switch is Like a Trackpad For Your House
10:28PM John Herrman | The hardware in Mac Funamizu’s gesture-controlled light switch would be very, very simple—after all, it’s just a trackpad. But it’s the input methods that make this exciting: just as laptop trackpads can track gestures for scrolling, this light switch would parse them to control up a roomful of lights, either together or in unison. The lights are mapped onto the pad as they are positioned in the room, and a simple sliding motion toward or away from a specific light would brighten or dim it individually. For maximum light-dimming suavity, the circular gesture function takes control of every bulb at once. galleryPost('lightpadconcept', 3, ''); More »
Computers
Stevemail Promises Software Fix for Glitchy MacBook Trackpads
1:59AM Matt Buchanan | A growing mass of people have been reporting that the omni-button trackpads on the new MacBooks are glitchy—every 50 or so clicks, the trackpad will stop responding for a few seconds at a time, even to hard clicks. Whether it’s a hardware or software issue hasn’t been officially confirmed by Apple, but a supposed email response from Steve Jobs promises simply, “Software fix coming soon.” This isn’t the first time there have been trackpad issues with Apple notebooks, but we haven’t had any problems with our new MacBooks or Pros. What about you guys? [AppleInsider] More »
Computers
