The only thing mine does is leave smudges on the screen.
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terminhell@lemmy.world 5 days ago
I like that they’re there, but I find them all but unusable. Sensitivity on them is wild, plus large hands. Sometimes finger rolls off and presses keys around it.
Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world 5 days ago
Nurse_Robot@lemmy.world 5 days ago
I loved mine, but it does take more fine motor movements than a typical mouse
Quill7513@slrpnk.net 5 days ago
i swear to god they used to work better. modern ones either send your cursor flying off the screen with a gentle nudge, or they barely move at all. it used to be people would hold onto the nipple nubs for extended times because they preferred the precision of them over touchpads. as touchpads have gotten better, nipple nubs have gotten worse. i’d probably point to 2015 when things all went wrong. i don’t know if the manufatcurers switched to a new sensor because it was cheaper or if the software / firmware / drivers that make touchpads good also make nipple nubs horrible
Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world 5 days ago
100% they enshittified.
The shape is one of the give aways - dome-shaped nipple with that sand-paper texture. The new ones are concave and textured via cast or something, but don’t have that sand-paper feel. Along with that change, I suspect you’re right in that the sensor went to hell with em, cuz the new ones SUCK.
lime@feddit.nu 4 days ago
sounds like HP. their version is awful.