Is it WordPad or the hardware?

[Don Phillipson]

The cursor jumps (from the end point of typing to
wherever the mouse last left the cursor) in Wordpad
on both the ancient Toshiba Satellite laptop and the
newish Gateway, so that instead of finishing the word
I am typing (blind, being a touch-typist) the last letters
pop up on a different line, perhaps in the middle of an
unrelated word This never happens on the desktops,
not even when writing in Wordpad.

Where is this glitch -- in the software or in hardware
controllers for the mouse on laptops?

[P.V.]

Post by Don Phillipson
The cursor jumps (from the end point of typing to
wherever the mouse last left the cursor) in Wordpad
on both the ancient Toshiba Satellite laptop and the
newish Gateway, so that instead of finishing the word
I am typing (blind, being a touch-typist) the last letters
pop up on a different line, perhaps in the middle of an
unrelated word This never happens on the desktops,
not even when writing in Wordpad.
Where is this glitch -- in the software or in hardware
controllers for the mouse on laptops?

Sounds familiar. Same has happened to me too; turned out on one laptop I
kept accidentally hitting the pointing stick when pressing keys around it
(on some laptops tapping the stick is interpreted as a click by default). On
another occasion part of hand sneaked on the touchpad, doing random stuff
there. Could it be something like this in your case too?

P.V.

[the wharf rat]

Post by Don Phillipson
Where is this glitch -- in the software or in hardware
controllers for the mouse on laptops?

Your palm is grazing the touchpad as you type.

[Happy Oyster]

On Tue, 28 May 2013 14:02:34 -0400, "Don Phillipson"

Post by Don Phillipson
The cursor jumps (from the end point of typing to
wherever the mouse last left the cursor) in Wordpad
on both the ancient Toshiba Satellite laptop and the
newish Gateway, so that instead of finishing the word
I am typing (blind, being a touch-typist) the last letters
pop up on a different line, perhaps in the middle of an
unrelated word This never happens on the desktops,
not even when writing in Wordpad.
Where is this glitch -- in the software or in hardware
controllers for the mouse on laptops?

What you describe is a pest. It is caused by an utmost idiotic shit we
are confronted with: the touchpads. The only really useful tool for
navigating is a trackball. But as it is a mechanical device,
manufacturers by all means try to avoid the. IBM had a miniature
"joystick", which somehow works. That thing is easier to produce than a
trackball. A touchpad is much simpler, and so it is cheaper. We are
defrauded with cheap dreck.

On some notebooks, netbookds, etc the touchpads can bw switched off by a
special command sequence entered via control keys. On some, but not on
all. In that case, there is only one way to kill that damned stuff: open
the computer and pull out the connectors of the touchpad.

If you do not want to open the computer, the next solution is to put
something over the touchpad. I found some layers of "post-it" sheets
usefull since they have (a bit of) adhesive to glue them to the touchpad
surface. As the touchpads use capacitance for physical action, the added
layers of paper reduce that sufficiently.

[~misfit~]

Post by Happy Oyster
On Tue, 28 May 2013 14:02:34 -0400, "Don Phillipson"

Post by Don Phillipson
The cursor jumps (from the end point of typing to
wherever the mouse last left the cursor) in Wordpad
on both the ancient Toshiba Satellite laptop and the
newish Gateway, so that instead of finishing the word
I am typing (blind, being a touch-typist) the last letters
pop up on a different line, perhaps in the middle of an
unrelated word This never happens on the desktops,
not even when writing in Wordpad.
Where is this glitch -- in the software or in hardware
controllers for the mouse on laptops?

What you describe is a pest. It is caused by an utmost idiotic shit we
are confronted with: the touchpads. The only really useful tool for
navigating is a trackball. But as it is a mechanical device,
manufacturers by all means try to avoid the. IBM had a miniature
"joystick", which somehow works. That thing is easier to produce than
a trackball. A touchpad is much simpler, and so it is cheaper. We are
defrauded with cheap dreck.
On some notebooks, netbookds, etc the touchpads can bw switched off
by a special command sequence entered via control keys. On some, but
not on all. In that case, there is only one way to kill that damned
stuff: open the computer and pull out the connectors of the touchpad.
If you do not want to open the computer, the next solution is to put
something over the touchpad. I found some layers of "post-it" sheets
usefull since they have (a bit of) adhesive to glue them to the
touchpad surface. As the touchpads use capacitance for physical
action, the added layers of paper reduce that sufficiently.

If you're using Windows it's quite easy to disable the touchpad in Device
Manager if it bothers you that much. Only takes 20 seconds, better than
wallpapering your palm rest.

[Happy Oyster]

On Sun, 2 Jun 2013 19:29:13 +1200, "~misfit~"

Post by ~misfit~

Post by Happy Oyster
On Tue, 28 May 2013 14:02:34 -0400, "Don Phillipson"

Post by Don Phillipson
The cursor jumps (from the end point of typing to
wherever the mouse last left the cursor) in Wordpad
on both the ancient Toshiba Satellite laptop and the
newish Gateway, so that instead of finishing the word
I am typing (blind, being a touch-typist) the last letters
pop up on a different line, perhaps in the middle of an
unrelated word This never happens on the desktops,
not even when writing in Wordpad.
Where is this glitch -- in the software or in hardware
controllers for the mouse on laptops?

What you describe is a pest. It is caused by an utmost idiotic shit we
are confronted with: the touchpads. The only really useful tool for
navigating is a trackball. But as it is a mechanical device,
manufacturers by all means try to avoid the. IBM had a miniature
"joystick", which somehow works. That thing is easier to produce than
a trackball. A touchpad is much simpler, and so it is cheaper. We are
defrauded with cheap dreck.
On some notebooks, netbookds, etc the touchpads can bw switched off
by a special command sequence entered via control keys. On some, but
not on all. In that case, there is only one way to kill that damned
stuff: open the computer and pull out the connectors of the touchpad.
If you do not want to open the computer, the next solution is to put
something over the touchpad. I found some layers of "post-it" sheets
usefull since they have (a bit of) adhesive to glue them to the
touchpad surface. As the touchpads use capacitance for physical
action, the added layers of paper reduce that sufficiently.

If you're using Windows it's quite easy to disable the touchpad in Device
Manager if it bothers you that much. Only takes 20 seconds, better than
wallpapering your palm rest.

I am using Linux. I don't know if that has some ways to disable it.
Also, I use a bunch of systems on 1 hardware. So disabling it at the
hardware/firmware level is best.

Where in the devide manager is the touchpad part located?

[Sjouke Burry]

Post by Happy Oyster
On Sun, 2 Jun 2013 19:29:13 +1200, "~misfit~"

Post by ~misfit~

Post by Happy Oyster
On Tue, 28 May 2013 14:02:34 -0400, "Don Phillipson"

Post by Don Phillipson
The cursor jumps (from the end point of typing to
wherever the mouse last left the cursor) in Wordpad
on both the ancient Toshiba Satellite laptop and the
newish Gateway, so that instead of finishing the word
I am typing (blind, being a touch-typist) the last letters
pop up on a different line, perhaps in the middle of an
unrelated word This never happens on the desktops,
not even when writing in Wordpad.
Where is this glitch -- in the software or in hardware
controllers for the mouse on laptops?

What you describe is a pest. It is caused by an utmost idiotic shit
we are confronted with: the touchpads. The only really useful tool
for navigating is a trackball. But as it is a mechanical device,
manufacturers by all means try to avoid the. IBM had a miniature
"joystick", which somehow works. That thing is easier to produce
than a trackball. A touchpad is much simpler, and so it is cheaper.
We are defrauded with cheap dreck.
On some notebooks, netbookds, etc the touchpads can bw switched off
by a special command sequence entered via control keys. On some, but
not on all. In that case, there is only one way to kill that damned
stuff: open the computer and pull out the connectors of the
touchpad.
If you do not want to open the computer, the next solution is to put
something over the touchpad. I found some layers of "post-it" sheets
usefull since they have (a bit of) adhesive to glue them to the
touchpad surface. As the touchpads use capacitance for physical
action, the added layers of paper reduce that sufficiently.

If you're using Windows it's quite easy to disable the touchpad in
Device Manager if it bothers you that much. Only takes 20 seconds,
better than wallpapering your palm rest.

I am using Linux. I don't know if that has some ways to disable it.
Also, I use a bunch of systems on 1 hardware. So disabling it at the
hardware/firmware level is best.
Where in the devide manager is the touchpad part located?

At least with one laptop, I could disable the onboard mouse(the pad)
in the bios.

[~misfit~]

Post by Happy Oyster
On Sun, 2 Jun 2013 19:29:13 +1200, "~misfit~"

Post by ~misfit~

Post by Happy Oyster
On Tue, 28 May 2013 14:02:34 -0400, "Don Phillipson"

Post by Don Phillipson
The cursor jumps (from the end point of typing to
wherever the mouse last left the cursor) in Wordpad
on both the ancient Toshiba Satellite laptop and the
newish Gateway, so that instead of finishing the word
I am typing (blind, being a touch-typist) the last letters
pop up on a different line, perhaps in the middle of an
unrelated word This never happens on the desktops,
not even when writing in Wordpad.
Where is this glitch -- in the software or in hardware
controllers for the mouse on laptops?

What you describe is a pest. It is caused by an utmost idiotic shit
we are confronted with: the touchpads. The only really useful tool
for navigating is a trackball. But as it is a mechanical device,
manufacturers by all means try to avoid the. IBM had a miniature
"joystick", which somehow works. That thing is easier to produce
than a trackball. A touchpad is much simpler, and so it is cheaper.
We are defrauded with cheap dreck.
On some notebooks, netbookds, etc the touchpads can bw switched off
by a special command sequence entered via control keys. On some, but
not on all. In that case, there is only one way to kill that damned
stuff: open the computer and pull out the connectors of the
touchpad.
If you do not want to open the computer, the next solution is to put
something over the touchpad. I found some layers of "post-it" sheets
usefull since they have (a bit of) adhesive to glue them to the
touchpad surface. As the touchpads use capacitance for physical
action, the added layers of paper reduce that sufficiently.

If you're using Windows it's quite easy to disable the touchpad in
Device Manager if it bothers you that much. Only takes 20 seconds,
better than wallpapering your palm rest.

I am using Linux. I don't know if that has some ways to disable it.
Also, I use a bunch of systems on 1 hardware. So disabling it at the
hardware/firmware level is best.

Ok.

Post by Happy Oyster
Where in the devide manager is the touchpad part located?

On this T60 ThinkPad it's Trackpoint is under 'Mice and other pointing
devices' and the Touchpad is under 'Human interface devices'.

[Happy Oyster]

On Mon, 3 Jun 2013 21:45:44 +1200, "~misfit~"

Post by ~misfit~

Post by Happy Oyster
On Sun, 2 Jun 2013 19:29:13 +1200, "~misfit~"

Post by ~misfit~

Post by Happy Oyster
On Tue, 28 May 2013 14:02:34 -0400, "Don Phillipson"

Post by Don Phillipson
The cursor jumps (from the end point of typing to
wherever the mouse last left the cursor) in Wordpad
on both the ancient Toshiba Satellite laptop and the
newish Gateway, so that instead of finishing the word
I am typing (blind, being a touch-typist) the last letters
pop up on a different line, perhaps in the middle of an
unrelated word This never happens on the desktops,
not even when writing in Wordpad.
Where is this glitch -- in the software or in hardware
controllers for the mouse on laptops?

What you describe is a pest. It is caused by an utmost idiotic shit
we are confronted with: the touchpads. The only really useful tool
for navigating is a trackball. But as it is a mechanical device,
manufacturers by all means try to avoid the. IBM had a miniature
"joystick", which somehow works. That thing is easier to produce
than a trackball. A touchpad is much simpler, and so it is cheaper.
We are defrauded with cheap dreck.
On some notebooks, netbookds, etc the touchpads can bw switched off
by a special command sequence entered via control keys. On some, but
not on all. In that case, there is only one way to kill that damned
stuff: open the computer and pull out the connectors of the
touchpad.
If you do not want to open the computer, the next solution is to put
something over the touchpad. I found some layers of "post-it" sheets
usefull since they have (a bit of) adhesive to glue them to the
touchpad surface. As the touchpads use capacitance for physical
action, the added layers of paper reduce that sufficiently.

If you're using Windows it's quite easy to disable the touchpad in
Device Manager if it bothers you that much. Only takes 20 seconds,
better than wallpapering your palm rest.

I am using Linux. I don't know if that has some ways to disable it.
Also, I use a bunch of systems on 1 hardware. So disabling it at the
hardware/firmware level is best.

Ok.

Post by Happy Oyster
Where in the devide manager is the touchpad part located?

On this T60 ThinkPad it's Trackpoint is under 'Mice and other pointing
devices' and the Touchpad is under 'Human interface devices'.

Thanks. I will have to search there. But I do not trust Microsoft. Their
constantly changing settings might foul up.