Touchpad

For years I’ve been occasionally borrowing laptops and disliking them, mainly due to the touchpad, which has always seemed awkward and erratic.  However, last week I finally decided that I wanted to get a Lenovo Ideapad Y510, and it was delivered to me at work on Wednesday from Newegg.  In the process of playing with it, I discovered that not only can the touchpad be used for moving the pointer, but tapping on it works the same as a mouse click or double click.  In addition, I found out how to use the touchpad to scroll the screen. It makes using the Touchpad much more convenient, and I now understand why I used to find it so unpredictable.

I felt a little embarrassed to discover that I had been doing it wrong.  However, when I was discussing it with Jack, I found out that he didn’t know about tapping for mouse clicks either.

It is always interesting to find out you don’t know everything about something so basic.

One thought on “Touchpad”

  1. Ah, tap-to-click. That feature that I turn off as soon as I can. I get an awful rate of false positives – my thumb skimming a tenth of an inch or so above the pad keeps triggering it. It’s really a pain.

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