can you tap in the multitouch pad in dell mini 10? Hello, I'm considering buying one of these and I had the chance to actually try one in a local dealer store, however I was dissapointed that I couldn't find the way to tap for click and double click functions directly in the touchpad other than using the too uncomfortable buttons in the lower corners of the touchpad, I've been trying to find some demo or info about this new touchpad, at least is new for me, I'm very used to the normal one that has the sliding surface and the two buttons below, I would be fine with this new touchpad as long as I can at list click and double click without the corner buttons, can somebody help me? can you tap in the multitouch pad in dell mini 10? Hello, I'm considering buying one of these and I had the chance to actually try one in a local dealer store, however I was dissapointed that I... » Read More can you tap in the multitouch pad in dell mini 10? Hello, I'm considering buying one of these and I had the chance to actually try one in a local dealer store, however I was dissapointed that I couldn't find the way to tap for click and double click functions directly in the touchpad other than using the too uncomfortable buttons in the lower corners of the touchpad, I've been trying to find some demo or info about this new touchpad, at least is new for me, I'm very used to the normal one that has the sliding surface and the two buttons below, I would be fine with this new touchpad as long as I can at list click and double click without the corner buttons, can somebody help me? « Show Less
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I like the touchpad, and yes, you tap it once to click, just like any other touchpad. I love the zoom-in zoom out with two fingers.
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I'm not using the Mobee num pad anymore. I had to switch to often to from and to the num pad. At the moment I prefer to have a wired keyboard incl. num pad and have the track pad only in use as track pad. The Mobee num pad in it self works fine but in need the 'mouse/track pad' function to often to switch al the time.
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Leo,How is it that you know it is multi-touch? I read the companies technical specs (in the downloadable PDF) andno where does it state or use the phrase "Multi-touch"
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I'm on the same fence. While I haven't driven the Samsung, I did use the Asus today and found the click buttons extremely stiff. Do these "break in" and become easier to click after time? That was my only negative with this machine. How is the touchpad and clicking on the Samsung in comparison?
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I bought this touchpad for my windows 8 computer and had many difficulties with it because of the gestures settings.I would suggest returning this keypad and buying a more generic keypad. I wish I could be of more help.
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The touchpad handles right clicks by tap in the lower right hand corner. There is no physical button and there is no click noise. It works well. By the way, I've been using Chromebooks recently, and I thought they had a two finger tap for a right click, but maybe not. That's another story.
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I just ordered this laptop. I read those reviews about the trackpad too, but found recent reviews stating that there is an update for the trackpad at Dell, that solves the problem.
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You can tap anywhere on the pad. Click with one finger for left click or with two fingers for right click, on a Windows 7 PC anyway...
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Select-drag and double tap works just like a normal mouse+cursor would. you can also program functions in response to gesture types (e.g. number of fingers tapping to initiate function). it's pretty slick.
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This looks like this only has one trackpad button (presumably the left)...is that the case? I can't find the spec on Amazon or on Acer's website.
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I have not been able to select and drag by double tapping the item. I can move an item by pressing the lower left corner of the touch pad and moving the item by moving my finger across the surface.
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You and I are looking for the same touchpad!!! I don't believe anyone is making the multi-touch point pad we want yet (at least not at an affordable price); this one is a two points of touch pad, so you can do limited gesturing only; I do use it with Windows 8 on a desktop that I dual boot with Windows 7. It's a nice change for my right hand since I use a normal mouse with scroll wheel at work.
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I haven't owned one of these for years, but I recall the touch screen working just fine. Windows 7 wasn't really designed for touch interaction so it will never be perfect. But if it's not working at all, that's another issue. My guess would be that you need to install a driver. That should be fairly easy to find on Dell's website. Of course, there may be a physical hardware issue as well Impossible to guess at this end. Best of luck with it. It is a neat little machine.
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So I tried the two finger tap and it doesn't seem to do. That said, I think you have to use the right click button on the bottom.
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.. and it's shipping now!BTW, the touchpad is a Synaptics and you can go up on their website, download the generic XP driver and end up with a touchpad which has both a scrolling feature and a tap-to-click feature.Got mine earlier from a different vendor and enhoying it quite a bit.
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I agree with J. Leo. The trackpad on every ASUS notebook for the past year have been terrible. I'm talking about that terrible dimpled monstrosity with the rocker switch. Here are my complaints: 1) The trackpad is on a glossy surface, meaning that if your fingers are not well oiled, the fingers do not glide across the surface. This makes using the trackpad a horrible horrible experience. 2) The dimples are not enough to indicate the end of the trackpad. Normal trackpads are recessed, leaving a slight wall to tell a user where the trackpad ended. 3) The rocker switch is not deep enough, so pressing the mouse button leaves an unclear impression as to whether a click was registered. Look at the Thinkpad buttons. Those go deep, at least by several millimeters. If you press it down, you know you pressed a button. The rocker switch goes down by about one millimeter. Not enough. Additionally, if some debris gets down there, it scrapes against the switch which sounds almost like a click. 4) The rocker switch is loud. 5) Due to the glossiness, oil and fingerprints accumulate on the trackpad itself. How ugly. (Consider this a side rant against any glossy notebook chassis.) Also, what's with the typically mediocre ASUS screens? About the only good screen from an ASUS is the 1005 HA.
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Yes the type cover has both buttons built in the touch pad. The left click button is the easiest (just as in laptops) with just a single tap anywhere to select an item and double tap to open. For the right click function, the bottom right corner (near to the bottom edge) of the touch area is where you press to activate it.