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Comment Synaptics touchpad (Score 2) 133

The best gesture package I've ever used was built into Synaptics' Windows98 driver. Synaptics makes virtually all touchpads for notebooks/laptops. It would recognize gestures on the touchpad. No clicking... And it was forgiving too... Not only did it do that, but it also supports two-finger gestures. Touchpads have the ability to sense when you touch it with two-fingers. This greatly reduces the chances of accidental-gestures, which can become quite annoying, because if it happens, it will most likely happen again and again. Too bad their windows2000 do not have this feature. And they don't make their own linux drivers either.. In Opera, gestures feel primitive, but it -is- a good start. For one thing, you have to perform the direction controls exactly. If you want to do a "back" gesture, you're supposed to click-move mouse left-let go. but most right-handed people will move the mouse to the left, but also slightly downward. Opera does not understand this.. sometimes, I accidentally minimize the window (left-down) instead of going back..

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