S10-3 touchpad enhancement

[cafe_con_leche]

I got my S10-3 around mid-May, and love this netbook. However, like the majority of you, I hated the touchpad . The problems are:
- sometimes too sensitive, and gets too jumpy.
- sometimes not sensitive enough, doesn't re-act when I to soft tap or drag.
- the left/right click buttons are too stiff, need to put some efforts to actually click it.

After 2 months of using, I kinda gave up on the touchpad and have been using an external mouse instead. Last week, my wife got an new Android phone, and while we were putting on the screen protecting film, it gave me an idea, if an additional film is on the touchpad , would the film help deliver the finger contacts to the touchpad better?

Well, since we have an extra film, I measured it, trimmed it, and put it on. The result is overwhelming, because the film surface is glossy, it is more "sticky" to the finger, and the finger gets more feedbacks from this "sticky" feeling, hence better controls. The touchpad is also more responsive to the fingers now, it doesn't jump around, and I am getting much higher accuracy on tapping, scrolling, dragging. The film doesn't help the stiff clicks, but I configured the mouse settings so both left and right clicks are now soft clicks, so hopefully I never have to do any clicking. (or util warranty expires and i find a way to disassemble the pad and replace the buttons with something less stiff.)

I can't say the touchpad is perfect now, but the film definitely helped a lot. Hope it helps you guys too.

[mister2]

That's a great idea. I haven't had any issues with any of my touchpads but I'll definitely keep this in mind. Not to mention, it will also keep the touchpad clean as well too!

[okristian1]

I feel like mine got better to use after going to mouse settings and deselecting "mouse precision"

Jitters less and has stopped moving by itself when I am just slightly touching the pad.

[Mr Slave]

If you go to the control panel and select mouse then click the Device Settings tab then click the Settings button in the middle it opens up a ton of options that should be more accessible.

[tebbybabes]

That's an excellent idea. I agree, the touchpad does take some getting used to. But I've managed to work with it. Might give your suggestion a go, as well.

My biggest gripe is how scrolling can be so jumpy!

[bartolengue]

hmm old post but it helped me..

i have issues with the touchpad, specially when dragging things while holding the first touchpad button. it justs simply jumps everywhere. disabling mouse precision and changing the sensivity a bit harder in the synaptics configuration make it mcuh better! but stills jumps sometime, i guess ill have to try the film thing! thanks for the recommendatinos!