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    Latitude Users: Mouse control Poll

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by titaniummd, Jul 2, 2006.

  1. titaniummd

    titaniummd Notebook Deity

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    What do you prefer to use? The pointing stick or the mouse pad?
     
    titaniummd, Jul 2, 2006
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  2. lilredfoxie

    lilredfoxie Notebook Evangelist

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    i dont have a latitude, but when I use my friends Precision M70, I use the point stick
     
    lilredfoxie, Jul 2, 2006
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  3. Paul

    Paul Mom! Hot Pockets! NBR Reviewer

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    My old Latitude C640 has a pointing stick and a pad, and I definitely use the pad. I just can't get used to the stick. My neighbor uses the stick though, so to each his own...
     
    Paul, Jul 2, 2006
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  4. Epsi

    Epsi Notebook Enthusiast

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    I use both: the touch pad for general navigation, and I have the pointing stick set for scrolling. I do still use the touch pad for scrolling, but sometimes the stick is handier and faster.
     
    Epsi, Jul 3, 2006
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  5. titaniummd

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    The reason I ask is, although I find it easier to type and 'mouse around' with the pointing stick, I find it easier to use the touch pad to scroll and it takes me two times longer to point with the stick : unless I do a 2 handed operation (right index to move the stick and the left thumb to click.
     
    titaniummd, Jul 3, 2006
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  6. Charles P. Jefferies

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    The stick is much more accurate than the pad.
     
    Charles P. Jefferies, Jul 3, 2006
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  7. Stroh

    Stroh Newbie

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    I mouse with the stick and scroll with the pad. I also usually use a two handed method, right index controls the stick and the left thumb hits the button. Unless I am shift clicking to open in a new tab, then the right hand does both.
     
    Stroh, Jul 3, 2006
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    This is a flaw with Dell's implementation of the pointing stick that IBM/Lenovo solved long time ago with the middle button/scroll button. Some of the HP's with trackpoints now have three buttons as well.
     
    lazybum131, Jul 3, 2006
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