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My Dell has no arrows...
on the trackpad. If you remember, I had no idea of the
scrolling capability of the trackpad on the Dell until you
told me. Again, if it's intuitive, you shouldn't need arrows
on the trackpad to tell you it's there.

As I said, I think neither method is intuitive. To me, just
like uniqueness, intuitiveness is binary: It either is, or it
isn't. Neither of these is.

You're correct in that I'm not overly familiar with the
trackpad scrolling on my Dell. I rarely use the machine,
and I never use that feature, because I find it so awkward (I
keep trying to scroll with two fingers). So I stand corrected
on those points.

However, as I said, there's a difference in philosophy here,
and I feel that Apple is looking forward to the scroll bar
becoming just an indicator, like a progress bar.
Furthermore, having to find the top or bottom right of the
trackpad, simple as that is, is just one more step that
needn't be taken.

To use the over-used car analogy: My wife's car has
power windows. You can press the button once for the
windows to go down, but must hold the button for them to
go all the way up. On my car, you only have to press once
for them to go either way. Pretty small thing, but it's
those small details that make the experience so much
better.
Posted by: sceptical   Posted on: 11/06/08  (Edited: 11/06/2008 @ 12:59) You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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One place where it makes sense  Michael Kelly | 11/05/08
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It allows for gestures.  T1Oracle | 11/05/08
Gestures work fine with current single touch devices  NonZealot | 11/05/08
A few points:  sceptical | 11/06/08
Good to see the msalzberg I used to like reading  NonZealot | 11/06/08
My Dell has no arrows...  sceptical | 11/06/08
I don't agree but that's okay  NonZealot | 11/06/08
@NonZ...  sceptical | 11/06/08
Wrong on all counts...  dkawalec | 11/06/08
Thanks for playing!  NonZealot | 11/06/08
Still wrong about everything ...  dkawalec | 11/07/08
Thanks for playing!  NonZealot | 11/07/08
Congratulations  MacCanuck | 11/06/08
Thanks for the laugh!!  NonZealot | 11/06/08
For example...  Roque Mocan | 11/05/08
That is an example of single touch  NonZealot | 11/05/08
Actually, it would . . .  JLHenry | 11/05/08
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OK Moe.  GuidingLight | 11/05/08
If you . . .  JLHenry | 11/06/08
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I love to touch. wink  Arm A. Geddon | 11/06/08
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Tech moving slow  colecrew | 11/06/08
Still just wrong ...  dkawalec | 11/07/08

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