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On Wed, 2008-07-02 at 10:55 -0400, Kent Borg wrote: > Jarod Wilson wrote: > > I've tried the circular scrolling, can't stand it myself. > > It took quite a few tweaks and restarts of X before I got working > nicely. I take it you're not aware of synclient... :) If you enabled the (gross security hole) xshm option (iirc) in xorg.conf and use synclient, you can tweak all the variables on the fly, *then* commit it to your xorg.conf once its perfect. > The trackpad is pretty small, so I only do the scroll if my > finger starts in the very top of the circle. That way I don't > accidentally start scrolling when doing other things. And I only scroll > up/down--the usually more useful directions. > > Speaking of doing things accidentally, I can't figure out why anyone > likes trackpad tapping to do a click. I have a theory that many people > dislike trackpads not because of the trackpad itself but because of the > tapping. But they think the tapping is cool, so they don't want to be > without it. And how far away is the mouse button anyway? Where is the > win??
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