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Notebook design: ten things we hate Camera icon

Sandra Vogel ZDNet.co.uk

Published: 14 Nov 2008 10:14 GMT

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Bad touchpads and trackpoints
A a good cursor control system is vital for any notebook. If this is badly implemented, the only gesture you'll want to make is a two-fingered one. Examples of poor design include mouse buttons that are too large or too small, that don't 'click' nicely under the finger, that are built too far into the curve of the front of the notebook, and that generally feel ill-fitted to their surroundings.

On the touchpad side of things, we like integrated horizontal and vertical scrolling, but dislike it intensely when touchpads are too narrow for a wider screened notebook, are unresponsive to finger-touches, and are too far recessed into — or too flat against — the wrist rest.

 

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