I have a Mac book Pro for work.There is just a lot of random weirdness.
There is no right click, your supposed to do a light two finger touch for right click.If you click too hard it opens the dictionary.
If you plug in a mouse you can get right click, but it isn’t consistent in working.
By default scroll is inverted (up is down, down is up), also windows can have scroll bars but they aren’t clickable, you have to do a scroll gesture.
Almost every Left control + Button action is now Meta key + button. But not everything, its annoyingly inconsistent also new random shortcuts.
For example lock screen isn’t Meta key + l like on Linux or Windows. Its Meta + Shift + Q, shut down is Meta +Left Control + Q.
The keyboard doesn’t match the your countries layout, so keys move around and is missing traditional keys like print screen. To do that you press Meta + Shift + 4 to switch the mouse to a screen cut tool and select the area you cut.
I could go on and on, none of it is obvious and I wouldn’t say any of it is an improvement at best its just different.
My last job I had to use a Mac. Gave myself carpel tunnel or RSI or something using that mouse. I’ve been off of it for five years now, it feels a lot better but still hurts a bit now and then. Never had a problem for decades before that.
As someone who hasn’t used a non-Mac laptop in ages, is it still common to have a left and right click on the trackpad? There are certainly a lot of quirks with Macs and macOS, but honestly the trackpad right click is something that I prefer on Mac over other hardware. But I figured this was more common now.
I usually see both. A physical right click and a two finger tap anywhere. And also both a left click button and a single tap anywhere. And three finger for mmb is unfortunately often not the default but always configurable (love me my 3finger tap to open links in a new tab)
Two finger right click feels much easier, but sometimes the latency is unbearable in games and apps that need need it. Regular taps are instant, two fingers takes like a dozen milliseconds to process.
Oh yea. I still game on Windows but other than that I just use macOS for everything these days and the few games I do run on macOS I still use a mouse for (Cities Skylines actually runs great for example)
I just use the mouse when I’m at my desktop. On the road I use the trackpad. I actually don’t mind it at all, but that could just be from using it for years now. If I started using something else I might like it more 🤷
I have had a vareity of HP, Dell, etc… laptops. The trackpads will do gesture stuff but you can clearly feel a left and right button if you push down on the trackpad (e.g. push on left side for left button).
I have a Mac book Pro for work.There is just a lot of random weirdness.
There is no right click, your supposed to do a light two finger touch for right click.If you click too hard it opens the dictionary.
If you plug in a mouse you can get right click, but it isn’t consistent in working.
By default scroll is inverted (up is down, down is up), also windows can have scroll bars but they aren’t clickable, you have to do a scroll gesture.
Almost every Left control + Button action is now Meta key + button. But not everything, its annoyingly inconsistent also new random shortcuts.
For example lock screen isn’t Meta key + l like on Linux or Windows. Its Meta + Shift + Q, shut down is Meta +Left Control + Q.
The keyboard doesn’t match the your countries layout, so keys move around and is missing traditional keys like print screen. To do that you press Meta + Shift + 4 to switch the mouse to a screen cut tool and select the area you cut.
I could go on and on, none of it is obvious and I wouldn’t say any of it is an improvement at best its just different.
My last job I had to use a Mac. Gave myself carpel tunnel or RSI or something using that mouse. I’ve been off of it for five years now, it feels a lot better but still hurts a bit now and then. Never had a problem for decades before that.
As someone who hasn’t used a non-Mac laptop in ages, is it still common to have a left and right click on the trackpad? There are certainly a lot of quirks with Macs and macOS, but honestly the trackpad right click is something that I prefer on Mac over other hardware. But I figured this was more common now.
I usually see both. A physical right click and a two finger tap anywhere. And also both a left click button and a single tap anywhere. And three finger for mmb is unfortunately often not the default but always configurable (love me my 3finger tap to open links in a new tab)
My 2016 Dell had that function, I don’t think it’s specific to Apple and if it was it hasn’t been in a while.
Two finger right click feels much easier, but sometimes the latency is unbearable in games and apps that need need it. Regular taps are instant, two fingers takes like a dozen milliseconds to process.
Oh yea. I still game on Windows but other than that I just use macOS for everything these days and the few games I do run on macOS I still use a mouse for (Cities Skylines actually runs great for example)
Doesn’t the fact you have to use a separate mouse tell you the design is poor?
The better approach would be to detect clicks on the left and right of the trackpad as left/right buttons and support two finger right clicking.
I just use the mouse when I’m at my desktop. On the road I use the trackpad. I actually don’t mind it at all, but that could just be from using it for years now. If I started using something else I might like it more 🤷
I have had a vareity of HP, Dell, etc… laptops. The trackpads will do gesture stuff but you can clearly feel a left and right button if you push down on the trackpad (e.g. push on left side for left button).