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View Poll Results: How do you click your mouse?
Use the mouse buttons 6 16.22%
Tap the track-pad 19 51.35%
Use an external mouse 8 21.62%
Other (post in thread) 4 10.81%
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Old October 3rd, 2004 Top | #21

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always the touch pad, cept for the 2 days that I used Fedora, cause it didnt support it for some stupid reason


also sometimes use a USB laptop optical mouse

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Originally Posted by Sazar
I love touching and tapping things
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No laptop


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Tap the trackpad. I find it easier then clicking the buttons.
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Originally Posted by rushm001
Tap the trackpad. I find it easier then clicking the buttons.
Imagine if you had the ability to tap the touchpad taken away from you, how lost would you feel, or annoyed that it didnt work

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Originally Posted by [killa_bunny]
Imagine if you had the ability to tap the touchpad taken away from you, how lost would you feel, or annoyed that it didnt work
damnit I'd TAP so hard the notebook would feel the strain!
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if i couldn't tap it... I would touch it inappropriately till it gave in and allowed me to tap it...
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Originally Posted by [killa_bunny]
always the touch pad, cept for the 2 days that I used Fedora, cause it didnt support it for some stupid reason
yeah Fedora and Mandrake dont support the touchpad tapping, so I am back to Red Hat
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Doesn't it work if you install the Synaptics drivers for the touchpad?
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I didnt really look for the Linux drivers for the Synaptics touchpad, but it is supported by default in Red Hat
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Well after a bit of searching I found this article that explains how to do it pretty nicely
http://baudot.com/articles/touchpad.php
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neat delta... anyone got a good gesture link? Having set up zones on my pad I am missing my MX1000 whilst wireless on laptop and feel the need to develop "back" and "forward" gestures?
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