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    FX Now Supports Multi-Touch

    Discussion in 'Gateway and eMachines' started by ecurules7811fx, Mar 23, 2010.

  1. ecurules7811fx

    ecurules7811fx Notebook Enthusiast

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    Im pretty sure all of the FX series laptops have synaptics touchpads. anyway I thought I'd let everybody know; I saw this link on Engadget which had a new driver from HP(doesn't matter the laptop brand) for the touchpad (it'll work if its synaptics) but anyway it adds two finger scrolling and 3 finger flick. it works pretty well, not perfectly though.

    here's the link; http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/19/s...der-trackpads/
     
    ecurules7811fx, Mar 23, 2010
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    laztpn0i Newbie

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    I installed it the other day. And it works pretty well. I have it on my old Dell lappy also. I find the two finger scrolling is a lot easier for me to use, rather than one finger side scroll.
     
    laztpn0i, Mar 24, 2010
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  3. Maverick79

    Maverick79 Notebook Evangelist

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    Can confirm it works pretty well on 7805. Better than Scrybe since that works like a seperate application whereas this works just like its built into the touchpad . Three finger tap to open application will impress first time users.
     
    Maverick79, Mar 24, 2010
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  4. Hello_Moto

    Hello_Moto Notebook Evangelist

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    link just redirects to engadget.com :(

    any chance of direct download or something please?
     
    Hello_Moto, Mar 24, 2010
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  5. Maverick79

    Maverick79 Notebook Evangelist

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    This is the link.
     
    Maverick79, Mar 24, 2010
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    elijahblake Notebook Geek

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    yeah, i installed this... It's pretty cool, but i usually just use my Microsoft bluetooth mouse... I hate touch pads
     
    elijahblake, Mar 25, 2010
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    Gray Wolf Notebook Consultant

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    it took me a second to figure out why notepad kept opening :eek:
     
    Gray Wolf, Mar 25, 2010
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  8. elijahblake

    elijahblake Notebook Geek

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    lol.. i changed mine to chrome.exe
     
    elijahblake, Mar 26, 2010
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