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new macbook trackpad too big?

symphara said:
The bigger issue is the frequent failure to process 3-finger swipe and drag-and-drop.

It's frustrating.
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This has been my takeaway so far also...

I personally enjoy the larger size (but never had an issue with the older ones being "too small" or anything), but my trusty 3 finger drag is not nearly as reliable as it once was (and I'm very experienced with that movement).

Also the 2F swiping to go "back" in things like safari seems to require more precisely catching a specific point to start the movement, which since it's so large now, is more of a place under my left hand than it used to be.

So all in all, a bit mixed on the pad as it's really frustrating when an action requires really deliberate movement to get a trigger you're expecting and very used to.
 
I like the new trackpad and have found that my fear of accidental clicks is mostly in my head. If I just use the computer, I haven't had issues.

However, I didn't understand why the three finger window drag feature wasn't on by default and was hard to find. Kind of frustrating as that is a great feature. Apple has buried a lot of features or settings lately.
 
ugahairydawgs said:
Speaking as someone who has one, I haven't had a single issue with the palm rejection on the touchpad. Personally, I love the larger trackpad. It allows for much more room for gestures.
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I'm not denying that people are not incurring any issues, but I think there are some folks who are, or at least were.
 
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c0ppo said:
Doesn't get in the way you say? Really? Good for you then. But in my use case scenario, it gets in the way. And it's quite annoying.

I always use tap to click, and with that option on, tMBP15 is useless to me. When I'm programming, a lot of times cursor changes to other lines and selects those lines. So I have to focus and keep my hands off trackpad, which is not something you want to do. If you are a developer, you want to focus on task at hand, not about how you use laptop.

Also returned mine. I found trackpad useless, but even worse - TouchBar. But that is offtopic, so I won't get into that matter.

Now please lecture me and other people that find the trackpad experience ruined how we don't know how to use tMBP ;)
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If you'll notice, I was referring to those who assumed that the trackpad would get in the way, without actually trying it. Clearly you aren't one of those.
Don't be so sensitive.
 
maflynn said:
Let me first qualify my statement in that I don't own one, but from my research on reviews and other people here in the forums (and other forums), the palm rejection logic is not as good as it should and the large trackpad has caused some people issues when typing.

I'm still trying to get my head wrapped around why they did it, its almost like they're provided a solution to a problem that never existed. In doing so they've increased the complexity of palm rejection for no benefit
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Hi, I'm one of those who have critiqued the new trackpad. Now I own one, and I haven't had any palm rejection problems. I'm really surprised by this finding. I'm a touch typer and I must not "rest my palms" or have good typing 'posture'. Maybe my natural typing style fits into the Apple way, so I got lucky. That said, I feel zero benefit of the larger touchpad. Switching between my older, smaller mbp trackpad and the newer model, I don't feel any greater sense of freedom, an ability to scroll longer, or really anything. I think they should shrink it back down for the new model.

Overall the new macbook pro is a snooze fest! The 500 nits I thought that I'd like, but I've forgotten about it and the beyond 100% color accuracy. What I like is the keyboard actually, though it is definitely too loud. I do like the 0.5 pounds of decreased weight. The key to being happy is to approach the base 13" pro as a retina macbook air. That's what I did and for me that is what this computer is, and a reasonable buy at $1299 when onsale. In no way shape or form would I pay the $1800 for a touchbar model.
 
I wonder if the issue might only exist (or is more evident) on the models with the Touch Bar. My wife has such a model and is extremely frustrated by the trackpad's sensitivity. As she just passed the return date by a day, she's hopeful that an update will fix it.
 
bandersaurus said:
I wonder if the issue might only exist (or is more evident) on the models with the Touch Bar. My wife has such a model and is extremely frustrated by the trackpad's sensitivity. As she just passed the return date by a day, she's hopeful that an update will fix it.
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Has she tried to adjust the sensitivity in the track pad settings?
 
If people think the trackpad on the MBP 2016 is big they'd better not buy the Magic Trackpad 2 because that one is even bigger!
 
dyn said:
If people think the trackpad on the MBP 2016 is big they'd better not buy the Magic Trackpad 2 because that one is even bigger!
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Usability is different since the keyboard is separate from the trackpad. And you can move it wherever you want.
 
Loving the big trackpad for Photoshop and design work - it's the first laptop on which I've been able to comfortably use a trackpad for this stuff. The MacBook trackpads have been really good for as long as I can remember, but the larger size is really nice for work requiring a lot of precision.

Palm rejection seems to work perfectly for me as well.
 
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Yes, it is too big. I'm not a "hater"; I love this laptop in every way but for the size of the trackpad (I surprisingly am really liking the keyboard). As someone who uses his MacBook for writing, it's disappointing that several times while typing up a long document I find myself suddenly typing in the wrong spot because my palm hit the trackpad and moved the cursor without my intentionally doing so. I'm happy for those of you who have no issues with palm rejection, but I do. I don't actually rest my palm on the trackpad, but occasionally while typing, I hit it with part of my thumb or my palm and this happens. Obviously if I didn't have tap-to-click enabled it wouldn't be an issue, but I've always used tap-to-click and I have no intention of disabling it. And since nothing like this ever happened on my previous MBP, I can chalk it up to the big trackpad. It's a disappointment, but not enough to make me dislike the laptop as a whole.
 
ThisBougieLife said:
Yes, it is too big. I'm not a "hater"; I love this laptop in every way but for the size of the trackpad (I surprisingly am really liking the keyboard). As someone who uses his MacBook for writing, it's disappointing that several times while typing up a long document I find myself suddenly typing in the wrong spot because my palm hit the trackpad and moved the cursor without my intentionally doing so. I'm happy for those of you who have no issues with palm rejection, but I do. I don't actually rest my palm on the trackpad, but occasionally while typing, I hit it with part of my thumb or my palm and this happens. Obviously if I didn't have tap-to-click enabled it wouldn't be an issue, but I've always used tap-to-click and I have no intention of disabling it. And since nothing like this ever happened on my previous MBP, I can chalk it up to the big trackpad. It's a disappointment, but not enough to make me dislike the laptop as a whole.
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Didn't think of that, I have tap to click disabled so that's why I don't have any issues. Sucks though, if users are allowed to choose tap to click it should work reliably.
 
jerryk said:
Usability is different since the keyboard is separate from the trackpad. And you can move it wherever you want.
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Entirely depends on where you position the trackpad. Besides, not all of the criticism is about the palm rejection when using the keyboard, a lot is about the actual usability of the bigger tracking surface.
 
So long as it works as it should and palm rejection holds up (or is improved depending on who you've been reading) then I'm all for the bigger size.

Apparently it's about the same size as the Magic Trackpad 2? (my MacBook isn't here yet) and I really liked the size difference when I changed from the Magic Trackpad one to the new Magic Trackpad 2, it made swiping and dragging around much nicer.
 
Theophil1971 said:
Doesn't get in the way of typing at all. Those who say they aren't buying because the trackpad will get way of typing are just admitting their own ignorance. It's designed extremely well. It works extremely well. Try one out and see for yourself.
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I signed up to this website with the only purpose of replying to you extremely fanboy message.

Those who complain, complain for a reason: they have tried and yes, the trackpad gets in the way of writing. It does not work extremely well because this is an obvious design failure, a huge one. There's a workaround: not enabling touch to click. But then you loose that feature and it forces you to change the way you normally use a trackpad, so it's a setback.

Please, don't use "ignorance" when it comes to usability/accessibility, just because you don't understand other people's real problems. That's a really dumb argument, if an argument at all. It's totally useless, pointless and it only shows really bad things about you and your attitude.

Wow, that felt good.

Bye now.
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c0ppo said:
Doesn't get in the way you say? Really? Good for you then. But in my use case scenario, it gets in the way. And it's quite annoying.

I always use tap to click, and with that option on, tMBP15 is useless to me. When I'm programming, a lot of times cursor changes to other lines and selects those lines. So I have to focus and keep my hands off trackpad, which is not something you want to do. If you are a developer, you want to focus on task at hand, not about how you use laptop.

Also returned mine. I found trackpad useless, but even worse - TouchBar. But that is offtopic, so I won't get into that matter.

Now please lecture me and other people that find the trackpad experience ruined how we don't know how to use tMBP ;)
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+1!

You're the boss. Of course it gets in the way. Unless you like typing code as if you were playing piano.
 
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Initially it feels too big. Now a month later if I use MBP2011 the trackpad feels so limited. I have no complains with palm rejection so far...
 
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maflynn said:
Yeah, and it seems for some folks palm rejection isn't up to snuff.

I still don't understand Apple's mentality on making it larger.
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Perhaps two hand multitouch gestures are on the way to MacOS?
 
NT1440 said:
Perhaps two hand multitouch gestures are on the way to MacOS?
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Perhaps, and I'm not discounting that. As long as they keep improving the palm rejection of the laptop, then I think the size will be less of an issue.
 
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