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Bug#822835: Synaptics Driver isn't used



On Wed, May  4, 2016 at 12:17:37 +1000, Russell Stuart wrote:

> Only someone who doesn't use a modern multitouch touchpad could think
> that.  I'm sure libinput does a very good job of driving a mouse, but a
> dumb touchpad does a very poor job of imitating one.  This is mostly
> because you have to move the finger controlling the mouse off the
> touchpad to click the physical buttons, which makes clicking slow and
> cumbersome.  A modern touchpad's multitouch and gestures not only fix
> that nit, they add scrolling and other functions a mouse can't do.  But
> libinput knows knowning about touchpads (modern or otherwise) and I at
> least felt like time had moved backwards 5 years or so after this
> change.  So I respectfully disagree with the "mostly replaces it"
> statement.
> 
I'm pretty sure this "libinput knows nothing about touchpad" statement
is wrong.

Cheers,
Julien

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