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.

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

"Tap to click" is God's gift to computer users.

"Tap to click" is God's gift to computer users.

Ugh, this is the tech version of cilantro. Haaaaaaaaate "tap to click."

The entire trackpad on my MBP *is* the button to click. That was a weird thing to get used to, but now I love it.

Okay, I lost track that we were still on notebooks, not laptops. That makes more sense.

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.

Yeah, I do think I comment less, or less expansively, since I use the iPad so much. Y'all can decide if that's a bug or a feature.