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by witheld 1323 days ago
I don’t know how people use trackpads for anything but causal use anyway, even on a Mac I find them to be a constant strain on my psyche compared to using my mouse- I always have one on me if I have my laptop
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By contrast, I don't know how people put up with mice. I discovered a cirque touchpad in the mid-90s and i've preferred them ever since.

Of course, nothing's worse than the weirdos who like trackballs.

You wrist-movers just can't handle the way we shine wondrously with our bright reds and blues, how we glide smoothly and graciously across the screen with the tiniest motion of a single finger, using a trackball is the closest a man comes to godliness.
Clickpads are horrible, but touchpads aren't so bad when they have tactile buttons. That's why I always print some for mine.
*Tries to imagine what the STL for a clickable button would look like*
ooooh, I see. I was imagining some kind of complex clicky mechanism - of course that's not necessary here, the touchpad has one built-in, I didn't realize. Thanks for the clarification.
Practice. Put enough time into an input device and it becomes second nature.