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Use the touchpad or the button to click?
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Jul 2, 2005, 08:52 PM
 
Is there any difference in battery expenditure if you use the touchpad or the mouse button to click with. I'll do anything I can to drag out my battery by ten minutes.
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Jul 2, 2005, 10:34 PM
 
touchpad - it doesnt use any more battery, its always on and 'tracking' ur use
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Jul 3, 2005, 12:02 AM
 
Thank you mpancha.
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Jul 3, 2005, 12:47 AM
 
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Jul 3, 2005, 05:31 AM
 
i like how when you use the touchpad as the click it is completely silent. But I seem to keep getting mis clicks and I am not good with the drag-lock click thing.. =(
     
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Jul 3, 2005, 05:38 AM
 
Try Sidetrack.

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Jul 3, 2005, 09:00 AM
 
yea.. try sidetrack. here's a link to the developer's site:

http://www.ragingmenace.com/software...ack/index.html
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Jul 3, 2005, 11:44 AM
 
Sidetrack is the cheese! Scrolling, expose and F11 all at the tip of my finger.
     
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Jul 4, 2005, 02:21 PM
 
I'm lovin' sidetrack. It's so much easier to use than configuring text files in linux.
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