stephen john smoogen wrote:
On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 1:13 PM, Mikus Grinbergs mikus@bga.com wrote:
I usually operate my XO with an external USB trackball, and have no problem with cursor positioning. Lately I've often needed to operate XOs (hdw early G1G1, but F11 build) with the native keypad, and I can appreciate the many complaints I have heard about using the old keypad.
I have been running into this with the XO-1.5 prototype but thought it was either a prototype issue or my fat fingers.. however I noticed it with my kid also. Pretty much the same behaviour you list below.. in low humidity the cursor will move without touching the keyboard. Is there anything I can do to help debug/fix this for people (New Mexico is pretty much always low humidity)
um, we've had a lot of trouble with XO-1 touchpads, which is what mikus was using. i think this is the first report of serious erratic operation on an XO-1.5. :-/
paul =--------------------- paul fox, pgf@laptop.org
um, we've had a lot of trouble with XO-1 touchpads, which is what mikus was using. i think this is the first report of serious erratic operation on an XO-1.5.
Sorry, you misinterpreted me. My experience has been with several XO-1s, NOT with the XO-1.5 -- that's what I meant when I said "the old keypad" -- I was talking about the one with three surfaces, not the one ("new") with only one surface. As far as I know, people have not been putting XO-1.5 motherboards into cases having keypads with 3 surfaces.
The one time I was using (touch-pad *only*, not mouse) both an XO-1 and an XO-1.5 in the same environment, the touch pad on the XO-1.5 behaved as I would expect, whereas the touch pad on the XO-1 was "touchy".
mikus
p.s. I attribute it to Alzheimer's -- but while I have a clear idea in my mind of what I am talking about, I see that that idea does not always get clearly conveyed to others. Right now, it is too much effort to keep straight when/if to say "touch pad" and when/if to say "keypad". [And no, please don't tell me -- I'll immediately forget anyways.]