Hi Adam,
On Wed, 26 Sep 2012 08:54:07 -0700
Adam Williamson wrote:
When lots of people who clearly aren't complete idiots tell you
something happens to them, it's probably best just to accept that it
does, because arguing that you can't possibly see how it could
possibly happen to them is only going to make you look churlish.
there's no need to jump the gun ;-) While, after rereading my post I
kind of see where you've got the impression (looks like one or two words
I meant to write are missing there), I did not mean that as an argument,
just a point of view -- what I meant is that my brain does not
process *why* it happens (tap while move), but that *does not* mean I
don't accept that it happens for real people. There's a huge difference
between knowing and understanding ;-)
Hence why I also included the question about smart phones, because I
believe that while interaction via touch-pad is indirect and relative
(you don't actually see the screen under your finger; you move
objects relative to where you start), the interaction is physically
pretty much same -- when you move right it moves right (whatever it is
you're moving -- on notebook usually cursor, on touch-screen usually
some object), when you tap, it clicks exactly where you are...
Also some people seemed to misunderstand -- I do understand why you can
accidentally tap while typing (i.e. accidentally use touch-pad, while
using keyboard) and that's already handled by an existing
configuration option. The only thing I personally don't understand (but
accept that it happens) is that you can actually use touch-pad for
moving and meanwhile accidentally tap.
Martin