Question about T42 TouchPad. Should it be faster?

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Plinkerton · #1 Post by **Plinkerton** » Thu Oct 28, 2004 4:32 pm

Maybe faster isn't the right word.

I was messing around with a PowerBook and I noticed that with the touchpad, it will accelerate the faster you move your finger. If you drag your finger across it slowly, it will move slowly and predictably, and if you move your finger fast, it will move the pointer all the way to the other side of the screen, in a relatively small motion.

My T42 touchpad does not seem to react this way. My settings are set on fast, and sensitive and all that, but when I put my pointer on the screen against the left side, and put my finger on the touchpad, on the left edge, then quickly drag it all the way accross to the right edge, the pointer only goes a little less than halfway across the screen.

It's a little annoying, because I am constantly dragging my finger over and over the touch pad, to go relatively little distance.

I cannot find a setting anywhere, that seems to relate to this, even in the UltraNav settings.

Does your touchpad react this way? Is there a way to fix this? I use the TrackPoint most of the time anyway, but it would be nice if the touchpad was more useful.

Thanks,
Plink

Kenn · #2 Post by **Kenn** » Thu Oct 28, 2004 5:25 pm

I agree, the touchpad should have higher acceleration.

I remember reading somewhere that you can actually tweak the windows registry to increase the acceleration rate of the cursor.

Also, and maybe I'm just way off base here, but I noticed that if you go into your display properties, go to Settings -> Advanced -> Monitor, UNcheck "hide modes that monitor cannot display," and increase the refresh rate from 60Hz, it will actually speed up the mouse cursor. I ended up using 75Hz because it was the fastest setting that still have me pixel-level precision on UXGA.

sktn77a · #3 Post by **sktn77a** » Thu Oct 28, 2004 5:32 pm

Try adjusting the pointer speed setting in the ultranav panel (start, settings, control panel, ultranav). The pointer speed adjustment acts as you describe for the powerbook.

gcchatel · #4 Post by **gcchatel** » Thu Oct 28, 2004 5:34 pm

forget the touchpad, use the trackpoint, soooo much more accurate!

Plinkerton · #5 Post by **Plinkerton** » Thu Oct 28, 2004 5:41 pm

The pointer speed absolutely doesn't affect this the way it should. I have tried it before, and just tried it again. It makes a difference if you slow it down, but if you put it all the way up, it still doesn't act how it should...

It's a shame. I'd like to have a useful touchpad. The Trackpoint is nice though. It gets 95% of my use. Well, that and my mouse.

lvlolvlo · #6 Post by **lvlolvlo** » Thu Oct 28, 2004 5:53 pm

gcchatel wrote:forget the touchpad, use the trackpoint, soooo much more accurate!

yeah i agree... i use to have a Fujitsu Lifebook with a "eurgonomic" mouse which I LOVED then in my next laptop it was a glide point which I had the hardest time getting use to. and now with my trackpoint...oh yeah...i'm lovin it!

seldom do I use the glide point

Question about T42 TouchPad. Should it be faster?

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