Relevant XKCD : https://xkcd.com/243/
Ummm
They still do
I like that they’re there, but I find them all but unusable. Sensitivity on them is wild, plus large hands. Sometimes finger rolls off and presses keys around it.
I loved mine, but it does take more fine motor movements than a typical mouse
The only thing mine does is leave smudges on the screen.
And like a clit I can’t work those other.
Both of my work laptops got one (they replace older models every few years, but it’s all ThinkPads)
My 2 years old laptop still has, and touchpad disabled.
They’re one of the greatest things to ever come out of IBM.
The Clicktoris.
Lenovo gang, if the X series ever gets rid of it I’m not sure I’ll survive
That was significantly better than a touchpad
Give me that anytime over a laptops usual scratch’n’sniff pad. Because whenever I type on the keyboard, I trigger this thing from afar, sending the cursor everywhere. Somehow, those things react to me remotely.
I played so much Minecraft with the clit mouse on a old dell laptop. Its was awesome.
We always called it a nipple, no wonder we couldn’t find it!
Yeah, but those things burned out if you got them too wet.
