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TrackPad Falsely Advertised by Apple
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I'm not going to lie, I don't really care that the trackpad is unliclickable in certain areas, but what I do care about is how gosh darn loud the click is!
It doesn't bother me that the upper corners don't click. What bothers me is that Apple claims the whole trackpad is clickable when it isn't.
Truth in advertising would be nice once in a while.
The sound of the trackpad clicking is no louder than clicking a mouse, so that doesn't bother me either.
Truth in advertising would be nice once in a while.
The sound of the trackpad clicking is no louder than clicking a mouse, so that doesn't bother me either.
You're right, but I also think you're worrying about it too much, especially if it doesn't bother you at all. I mean, I think there are a lot more areas in which Apple falsely advertises if you really want to dissect each of their statements (like their battery claims). I think a lot of people don't care as much as you do because even though what they claim is technically wrong, the reality is still better than other a trackpad with two clickable buttons.
I'm not worrying over this issue, just stating facts. And as far as Apple's battery claims go, I don't think they are stretching the truth because clearly those numbers were under ideal conditions. But there is no ideal condition that would make the upper left and right corners of the trackpad click. It simply is impossible to click those areas. But I agree, it still is the best trackpad on the market.
I wouldn't call it false advertising but tricky advertising
you can click there, you just have to enable tap to click.
its not a physical click but it is technically a click
you can click there, you just have to enable tap to click.
its not a physical click but it is technically a click
"The entire trackpad is the button, so you can click anywhere."
Of course, this is a very silly thread. Still...
The first part is quite true. The entire trackpad moves.
I would think the rest passes a kind of common sense test. I can sell a car as brand new, even if the odometer doesn't read zero. I can call my brand of breakfast cereal healthy because it has fiber, even if it is loaded with sugar that will give me diabetes. I can say I have the best tasting cheezy pizza ever without providing a national poll to back that up. I can do those things because anyone with common sense realizes the claims aren't absolute.
And so I can say the trackpad is clickable anywhere because I assume any reasonable buyer will understand that "anywhere" means the trackpad is clickable anywhere that *under normal usage conditions* you will press. In other words, in normal usage you'll never try to click on a spot and get no response.
I would submit that nobody ever naturally tries to click on the tip top part of the track pad. Unless you are intentionally trying to find a spot that isn't clickable, you will experience the trackpad as clickable anywhere.
Okay when you put it like that then it makes sense and is tricky advertising. Thanks!
Maybe I am taking offense at this because I used to work as a copywriter and it's hard to come up with great copy like the one for Apple, but:
There are legal definitions of what constitutes false or deceptive advertising - stating that because the entire trackpad is a button (true) it can be clicked anywhere (to be very nitpicking, not true because it is hinged - but so are many other buttons) doesn't even remotely fall into this.
Common sense, really.
Not even counting the fact that the trackpad has a physically clickable area as big as the construction allows.
Seriously, of all the sentences in all the copy on apple.com there are lots of others that I'd claim are farther from the truth than this one.
I can click the trackpad about 1 cm down from the top using the pad of my finger rather than trying to press it straight down.
You can't click it right on the edge though. I guess that would be useful if you used the trackpad with your thumbs while your hands were on the keyboard...
You can't click it right on the edge though. I guess that would be useful if you used the trackpad with your thumbs while your hands were on the keyboard...
now i can't say for sure the whole top not click able thingy (i dont have my mBP yet, im getting one)
but if you want to do something potentially embarrassing yet funny (to me at least)
go to the apple store, show them the problem and complain that it is false advertising and start up a huge rant.
now if you plan to this (which im guessing you wont, cuz i know this idea is sorta lame, but if you do- make sure to film this because i would love to see this
*JK*
the thing about me and clicking is i dont click. i just tap on the trackpad (for any laptop), but then again. do we really use the top part of the trackpad to click..
but if you want to do something potentially embarrassing yet funny (to me at least)
go to the apple store, show them the problem and complain that it is false advertising and start up a huge rant.
now if you plan to this (which im guessing you wont, cuz i know this idea is sorta lame, but if you do- make sure to film this because i would love to see this
*JK*
the thing about me and clicking is i dont click. i just tap on the trackpad (for any laptop), but then again. do we really use the top part of the trackpad to click..
If the thread topic annoys you so much then don't read it or participate in it!Great. I take it you won't be bringing this up again.
Yes you click down from the top center, just not the left and right top corners.
When the iPhone 4 news broke about he antenna issue, I went to my local Apple store and asked them about it. Of course they denied such an issue existed, until I got one of their store iPhone's to do it. Then their jaws dropped, it was pretty funny.
But since the trackpad can basically software click, Apple is technically correct in their claim. Even though I think it's misleading to the consumer, as they are led to believe the trackpad mechanically clicks anywhere on it.
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Why Apple can claim the entire trackpad is "clickable" is that the term - clickable - is open to interpretation. I "click" on buttons on the screen.... either by tapping the trackpad, or "clicking" a button or a mouse. So when Apple says the entire trackpad is clickable, it's an nebulous concept.
It's the same as claiming a shampoo gets your hair spring-time fresh. Do you really think there is a standard that the shampoo company must meet? Spring where? Bangkok, Tokyo, Toronto, Perth?
Same thing for clickable....
It's the same as claiming a shampoo gets your hair spring-time fresh. Do you really think there is a standard that the shampoo company must meet? Spring where? Bangkok, Tokyo, Toronto, Perth?
Same thing for clickable....
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one of the few meaningful comments in this thread. but since apple didn't change this in several iterations I guess we have to live with tap to click.
I think I already understood that point.
But it's more an issue now only because Apple advertises the entire trackpad as being clickable, giving the public an impression that it is mechanically clickable. I say this because the previous version of the trackpad already was software clickable, yet Apple didn't advertise this point like they do now. So it's completely logical to assume Apple is claiming the new trackpad is entirely mechanically clickable.
I wonder if the OP wants to start something over the 8-9 hour life span on top of the track pad "issue"
It is clickable, you just need to push down way harder. The further up the trackpad you get, the harder you must push
I already covered that issue, stating that Apple's numbers were under ideal conditions. This can't be compared to the trackpad issue.temiller said:
Mrsir2009, The top corners are NOT clickable. The center top is but the left and right top corners are not. As I have already stated in many previous posts, the upper area of the trackpad is hinged, making it more difficult to click. But the upper left and right areas do not click no matter how hard you press. It is mechanically impossible to click in those spots.
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I can click on both the top left and right if I push down hard enough. I'm using a 15" MacBook Pro, specs in sig.
What year is your Macbook Pro? Because on my 2010 13" model it's impossible to press the upper left and right corners, until you get about an inch away from the corner.
It could be that Apple mechanically changed the internal design or mine was adjusted incorrectly at the factory.
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