View Single Post
Old 03-01-2004, 12:51 PM   #9 (permalink)
tritium
Professor of Drinkology
 
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Wasting away again in Margaritaville
Quote:
Originally posted by ratbastid
It doesn't go by pressure, like a PDA screen does. It goes by the conductivity of your skin.
Not only that, but the mousepad also isn't concerned with position on the touch. It watches direction of movement and controls the mouse pointer direction as a relative variable. So, ya can't cross your T's simply by running your finger across the top of the mousepad. You'd need to have the cursor up there first...

You already know this though. Just stating this plainly so non-computer geeks don't get confused. You need a WACOM tablet or the cheaper versions from Aiptek (or is it Aiptech?)
__________________
Blah.
tritium is offline   Reply With Quote