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@wrog@mastodon.murkworks.net
2026-09-11 22:36:40

TIL that the touchpad on my (7-year-old, Windows) laptop will scroll windows if you do a slide on them with two fingers
(I only found out about this because on emma's new Mac there are all manner of windows with NO scrollbars, and I've been, like, how the fuck do I scroll these windows, and after much digging I learned out about the 2-finger thing, and then today I accidentally did it on my old laptop...)

@andres4ny@social.ridetrans.it
2026-09-11 06:17:12

Getting used to a mouse clit ("trackpoint") again after swearing off thinkpads 15 years ago because of their stupid bios whitelisting of network cards.
If they're going to take away physical touchpad buttons, then I'll just stop using touchpads.

@matematico314@social.linux.pizza
2026-08-27 20:05:05

O meu mouse não estš funcionando, acho que estš precisando de uma pilha nova. Terei que usar o touchpad do notebook, que eu detesto. 😕

@seeingwithsound@mas.to
2026-08-26 14:49:17

#Augmental's #Mouthpad is a touchpad for your tongue - The "universal" device was designed with disabilities in mind

@luca@social.luca.run
2026-09-19 08:07:59

I have been running CachyOS for some months on the living room computer. Starting steam after booting makes it easy to operate it only with controllers. But sometimes I want to use it for other things than gaming and install updates and stuff.
I don't like using a mouse on the couch and prefer not to buy a new keyboard with an integrated touchpad. Once again, I am trying to only use the keyboard.
The vimium addon for Firefox makes browsing a lot faster than tabbing to the ele…

@andres4ny@social.ridetrans.it
2026-08-23 22:22:27

"Maybe I'll be okay using a touchpad without physical buttons if I try a macbook, since Apple pioneered that nonsense?"
Nope. I still want to throw this thing into a lake (but I can't, since it's not mine). It's sooo bad any time you want to do something even mildly complex, like hold down a button while dragging & dropping to copy a file between two file browser windows. I honestly don't understand how people put up with this.