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    Double finger scrolling with touch pad

    Discussion in 'Alienware M11x' started by joncolbert, Aug 6, 2010.

  1. joncolbert

    joncolbert Notebook Geek

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    I have a R1 and I am hating the touch pad more and more. I only enabled the double finger scrolling but a lot of time it can be triggered by just one finger.

    I thought the touch pad was too sensitive but normal scrolling is pretty sluggish.

    Coming from a MacBook, I really miss the touch pad. It is silk smooth.

    Does anyone have any suggestion to make the touch pad better?
     
    joncolbert, Aug 6, 2010
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  2. Whiplash

    Whiplash Notebook Consultant

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    If you haven't already, you can go into the Command Center and play with the Alien Touch settings to adjust the sensitivity.

    Other than that, the only thing you can really do is stop using the trackpad and get a decent mouse... or if you really liked your MacBook's touchpad, you can check out Apple's Magic Trackpad and use this guide to get it to work with Windows 7.
     
    Whiplash, Aug 6, 2010
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    corwinicre Notebook Deity

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    ^Yeah, like Whiplash said, there are lots of sensitivity options in the control panel the uscrybe driver comes with
     
    corwinicre, Aug 6, 2010
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    As whiplash said, you can adjust the sensitivity of the touch pad under alien touch in the command center to make it not sluggish (or you can just adjust the pointer speed in windows 7's pointer options under mouse under the control panel).

    As for two finger scrolling, there's actually a little driver/program thingy that enables two finger scrolling on the m11x (I'm currently using it, don't know what I ever did without it). Here's the download link:
    Downloads - two-finger-scroll - Project Hosting on Google Code
     
    mbrinton91, Aug 6, 2010
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  5. BhavinsAWalphaomega

    BhavinsAWalphaomega Notebook Enthusiast

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    Thank you! This is just awesome...this just adds to the R2 awesomeness.
     
    BhavinsAWalphaomega, Aug 6, 2010
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  6. joncolbert

    joncolbert Notebook Geek

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    What is the difference between this and the Scrype driver?
     
    joncolbert, Aug 6, 2010
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    joncolbert Notebook Geek

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    Another thing is that once I started flying page with double finger scrolling, it does not stop even after I lift one finger up. Is there any way to change that?
    I dig around the scrype setting but I can't find it.
     
    joncolbert, Aug 6, 2010
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  8. BhavinsAWalphaomega

    BhavinsAWalphaomega Notebook Enthusiast

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    The Scrype driver has all the multitouch gestures and the other things like that odd feature with using gesture to go to websites (I don't like it). This is just a simple add on without worrying about the other scrype settings. I am a fan :cool:
     
    BhavinsAWalphaomega, Aug 6, 2010
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    IceZ23 Notebook Guru

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    even with the scrype driver installed...the touch pad on the m11x still isnt as smooth as the touch pad on my 12'' mac book pro from 2004 which is kinda sad.
     
    IceZ23, Aug 6, 2010
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