moe90@feddit.nl to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 12 days agoLenovo has removed its iconic TrackPoint nub from new ThinkPad laptops | PCWorldwww.pcworld.comexternal-linkmessage-square29fedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down10
arrow-up12arrow-down1external-linkLenovo has removed its iconic TrackPoint nub from new ThinkPad laptops | PCWorldwww.pcworld.commoe90@feddit.nl to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 12 days agomessage-square29fedilink
minus-squareNateNate60@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·12 days agoThose who don’t use it are only mildly annoyed by it, but those who use it will raise holy hell now that it’s gone.
minus-squareembed_me@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·12 days agoIs it actually usable? I never owned one
minus-squareolosta@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·12 days agoUsed one for a few years and I loved it: it’s precise, you can really aim small UI elements It is paired with actual buttons, index on the nub and thumb on the buttons, so no weird gestures to right click It is very quick to switch from keyboard to mouse, your hands nearly don’t move But, there’s no mouse wheel or scroll gesture and maintaining pressure on the nub is maybe more tiring than a trackpad.
minus-squarehemko@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·12 days agoYou can scroll with nub by holding the middle button
minus-squareewo@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-212 days agoIt’s also very chill to do things 1-handed with (no euphemism).
minus-squareacosmichippo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-212 days agoi don’t care about the nub on mine, but i do care a lot about the left/right click buttons that take up so much of the trackpad area. just gimme a bigass trackpad.
minus-squaresugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-211 days agoThinkPad isn’t for you then. There are plenty of laptops with huge track pads, there aren’t many with a nub. If Framework offered a nub, I’d switch. Until then, I’m sticking with whichever 14" Thinkpad has a nub.
Those who don’t use it are only mildly annoyed by it, but those who use it will raise holy hell now that it’s gone.
Is it actually usable? I never owned one
Used one for a few years and I loved it:
But, there’s no mouse wheel or scroll gesture and maintaining pressure on the nub is maybe more tiring than a trackpad.
You can scroll with nub by holding the middle button
It’s also very chill to do things 1-handed with (no euphemism).
i don’t care about the nub on mine, but i do care a lot about the left/right click buttons that take up so much of the trackpad area. just gimme a bigass trackpad.
ThinkPad isn’t for you then. There are plenty of laptops with huge track pads, there aren’t many with a nub.
If Framework offered a nub, I’d switch. Until then, I’m sticking with whichever 14" Thinkpad has a nub.