Steph, just tell him to turn the trackpad off--I don't have mine in front of me, but one of the function keys will do it. I keep it off, since I'd rather navigate with the screen than the trackpad.

the keyboard is a separate piece I have to carry around and keep track of.

Why? If I carry the keyboard around, I carry it attached to the tablet, and that's one piece. if it's a separate piece that's because it's at home.

Man, LiveMeeting is a bear, and whoever thought there was a straightforward way to be able to present a slide show so we see the slides and you see the notes....well, that seems to work 10% of the time, tops.

Steph, just tell him to turn the trackpad off--

Oh, I didn't even think of that. He'd rather navigate with the screen, too.

I'm going to have to write it on my hand so I remember to tell him in 6 hours.

The only problem I've ever had with trackpads is they can be extra sensitve when new, or vary between machines. But after that they're fine.

Steph, just tell him to turn the trackpad off--I don't have mine in front of me, but one of the function keys will do it. I keep it off, since I'd rather navigate with the screen than the trackpad.

Navigate with the screen? What does that even mean?

if it's a separate piece that's because it's at home.

And that's when I lose it.

I wish I could turn off the trackpad/nib thing on my work Dell laptop. I keep hitting something accidentally that jumps my cursor away from where I want to be, and I can't figure out how to make it not do that. It's been a couple years; I don't think I'm going to "get used to it".

I like trackpads, because the first thing I do with them is turn off "tap to click" and turn the responsiveness down in general.

Zen, there are Mouse/Trackpad settings in most Windows control panels, and I know for sure there are in Macs.

When I worked with Thinkpads at my late lamented Houghton Mifflin job, I got real good at knowing how to set it up so that the trackpad was off AND so that the control nub in the middle of the keyboard wouldn't send a random "click" if you accidentally typed on it instead of the G or H key.

Steph, just tell him to turn the trackpad off--I don't have mine in front of me, but one of the function keys will do it. I keep it off, since I'd rather navigate with the screen than the trackpad.

Navigate with the screen? What does that even mean?

It's a tablet that can connect to a docking keyboard with a trackpad. When the tablet is docked, the touchscreen still works -- docking it doesn't render it not a tablet.

t edit For instance, if he wants to type a URL into the address bar, he touches the address bar on the touchscreen to place the cursor, and then types on the keyboard.

Also, I can't get tumblr to work for me right now, so someone remind me tonight about the deer/helicopter story?

And that's when I lose it.

Then never take it off. That is not a built in problem.

I have thought about getting a keyboard for my iPad. Generally do t need one because mostly it's web browsing rather than typing, but I think it cuts down on my interactions as opposed o passive reading. I find it harder to type on the iPad than on the phone.