trackpoint

I don't know that I would call the trackpoint ubiquitous on laptops ...

Slashdot 2010

The trackpad works well, but is too small and cramped, and the alternative trackpoint, which is set into the keyboard, is accompanied by some truly horrid buttons just below the spacebar.

PC Authority 2009

The trackpad works well, but is too small and cramped, and the alternative trackpoint, which is set into the keyboard, is accompanied by some truly horrid buttons just below the spacebar.

PC Authority 2009

Is it possible to map one of the buttons below the trackpoint and not affect the button below the trackpad, or vice versa?

Activate Alt-Tab Switching With Just Your Mouse | Lifehacker Australia 2009

I loathed them when I had a T42 and always used the trackpad instead -- but I got an X61T earlier this year which only has the trackpoint and I find it much easier than the trackpad, even for fine adjustments, now that I'm used to it.

Discourse.net: The Hunt for a New Laptop Begins 2009

My ideal machine would also have a central trackpoint device, not a touchpad, but those have virtually disappeared from the market (save for Lenovo Thinkpads, which are physically solid but very unreliable on the software front — that brand has already claimed too many worry lines from me).

HLO: Choosing The Right Notebook PC For Travel | Lifehacker Australia 2009

Is it possible to map one of the buttons below the trackpoint and not affect the button below the trackpad, or vice versa?

Activate Alt-Tab Switching With Just Your Mouse | Lifehacker Australia 2009

My ideal machine would also have a central trackpoint device, not a touchpad, but those have virtually disappeared from the market save for Lenovo Thinkpads, which are physically solid but very unreliable on the software front — that brand has already claimed too many worry lines from me.

HLO: Choosing The Right Notebook PC For Travel | Lifehacker Australia 2009

Especially as a writer, I find that using the trackpoint to be so much more effective than a touchpad because I have excellent control over the cursor without moving my hands from the keys.

Microsoft Products: OneNote | Living the Liminal 2006

The keys require little force to press (perhaps this was a factor?), and it offers you a choice of several mouse inputs -- I'm using four: touchpad, trackpoint, left mouse, and right mouse.

Archive 2006-07-01 Jonathan Aquino 2006