• SkaveRat
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    3 months ago

    Now put the clit mouse into a framework chassis (the relevant patents are now expired)

  • @bitwaba@lemmy.world
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    03 months ago

    I actually stopped using mine a long time ago, and every time I get a new laptop, I remove it. Not because I hate it, but because I like it. Even after modifying the acceleration settings to where I like them though, the repeated stress of pushing on the nub eventually start to develop dendonitis in my finger.

    After I’ve trained myself to only use the trackpad I put the nub back on. Partly because it’s so iconic it just looks wrong without it, and partly because I want to avoid conversations with guest about my growing clit graveyard (although I guess I could just not leave them in a cup on the coffee table where everyone can see)

  • @Pretzilla@lemmy.world
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    03 months ago

    It’s super handy on my X1c 6thgen when my trackpad randomly freezes about once a month and I need to shut everything down and reboot. Bah.

    Open to tips for fixing the trackpad if anyone has that on their radar!

  • caseyweederman
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    03 months ago

    Not a Lenovo icon. They bought ThinkPad, nippleclit and all, from IBM.

    • caseyweederman
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      03 months ago

      Nah. Died when Lenovo bought it from IBM. Died again when IBM stopped offering support for them.

  • humble peat digger
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    03 months ago

    Never used trackpoints.
    And all my laptops are ThinkPads.
    I Always disable both trackpoint and touchpad.

  • Soulifix
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    03 months ago

    Now it looks like…every other generic laptop.

    I’m not a huge fan of the nub, I personally have always found it in the middle of the way. I do understand it’s use, though.

    • @fakeman_pretendname@feddit.uk
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      03 months ago

      I use the “control nipple” occasionally, but I use the physical mouse buttons every day always.

      Even though they’re slightly oddly positioned to use with the touchpad, they’re a million times better than not having any buttons at all.

    • @futatorius@lemm.ee
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      03 months ago

      A few years ago, Lenovo released some Thinkpads without the three buttons above the touchpad. After a lot of pushback, they stopped making those. They also tried using Linux-hostile components for a while. My impression is that Lenovo is on an inexorable enshittification trajectory, but backs off a bit when pressured, only to make some other stupid decision next time.

  • @LordCrom@lemmy.world
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    03 months ago

    This, and why do they take away the 2 buttons below the track pad. PC track pads are barely tolerable as it is.

    • @john89@lemmy.ca
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      03 months ago

      Fewer parts means cheaper to manufacture.

      Don’t be fooled; they’re only doing it to increase profits because our standards aren’t higher.

        • @john89@lemmy.ca
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          03 months ago

          You mean the nub, or buttons on the trackpad?

          I, personally, made use of both back when I had a thinkpad.

          • @LordCrom@lemmy.world
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            03 months ago

            I used both. But the track pad buttons are so much easier to use for click and drag operations, left click right click is a button not an Interpreted 2 finger gesture that doesn’t always work.

  • @MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml
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    I prefer it over trackpad, honestly. Just adjust the acceleration.

    Edit: looks like they remove it only from Aura line. Please stub your toe somewhere, author.