http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ How-To Geek Forums Topic: Notebook Touchpad Scroll en Thu, 08 Jan 2009 19:43:51 +0000 http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/notebook-touchpad-scroll/page/2#post-9386 Tue, 05 Feb 2008 21:38:06 +0000 whs 9386@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>see jd, now imagine a poor foreigner having to navigate on safe grounds. </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/notebook-touchpad-scroll/page/2#post-9384 Tue, 05 Feb 2008 21:19:41 +0000 jd2066 9384@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>I had assumed since your response to taybay's message "Please don't fret" didn't say anything about the word you understood it.<br /> I had no idea fret had so many meanings. </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/notebook-touchpad-scroll/page/2#post-9369 Tue, 05 Feb 2008 15:51:11 +0000 whs 9369@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>@jd, I made an interesting exercise concerning the "h-word" with my online dictionaries and my online translation programs (I have about 8 translation programs of which some,however, are specialized in oriental languages only).<br /> First I made a translation from English into German and and got this:</p> <p>hick [hɪk]<br /> n. Hinterwäldler, Kleinstädtler, Provinzler (on your screen the "ä" may not show, it is the equivalent of "ae", a German Umlaut</p> <p>Then I took the German translations and retranslated it back into English and got that:</p> <p>Hinterwäldler = Backwoodsmen<br /> Provinzler = Provincials</p> <p>The word "Kleinstädtler" it was unable to translate back.</p> <p>Then I did the same for French because I am a little bit more fluent in French than in English. From English to French I got this (it found only 1 french equivalent)</p> <p>hick = plouc </p> <p>And back from French to English it gave me that:</p> <p>plouc = idiot </p> <p>This little exercise shows that the semantics of words change when translated into another language. For someone like me who is used to operate in several languages (sometimes in one and the same conversation depending on the group of people) it is not always easy to pull up the exact equivalent. Where it gets real difficult is when you try to translate sayings or jokes - sometimes it is impossible all together because they are plays on words.</p> <p>You can make this exercise yourself if you download "Lingoes" and a bunch of dictionaries. It's all freeware. </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/notebook-touchpad-scroll/page/2#post-9366 Tue, 05 Feb 2008 14:06:40 +0000 whs 9366@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>jd, see, now you got me with the word "fret". I looked it up and found all those meanings: I suppose in this context it is supposed to mean #5 as Verb</p> <p> fret [fret]<br /> noun<br /> 1. agitation resulting from active worry<br /> 2. a spot that has been worn away by abrasion or erosion<br /> 3. an ornamental pattern consisting of repeated vertical and horizontal lines (often in relief)<br /> 4. a small bar of metal across the fingerboard of a musical instrument; when the string is stopped by a finger at the metal bar it will produce a note of the desired pitch<br /> verb<br /> 1. worry unnecessarily or excessively<br /> 2. be agitated or irritated<br /> 3. provide (a musical instrument) with frets<br /> 4. become or make sore by or as if by rubbing<br /> 5. cause annoyance in<br /> 6. gnaw into; make resentful or angry<br /> 7. carve a pattern into<br /> 8. decorate with an interlaced design<br /> 9. be too tight; rub or press<br /> 10. cause friction<br /> 11. remove soil or rock<br /> 12. wear away or erode </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/notebook-touchpad-scroll/page/2#post-9344 Tue, 05 Feb 2008 05:24:30 +0000 jd2066 9344@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>Yes, I just trying to understand what you meant.<br /> I figured there was some other meaning to it then what it seemed at first.<br /> I certainly didn't intend for anyone to fret about it. </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/notebook-touchpad-scroll#post-9341 Tue, 05 Feb 2008 05:02:33 +0000 whs 9341@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>Scott, thanks. I guess jd2066 wanted to understand, that's fair. Its sometimes hard to translate a saying or a joke. Next time I consult wikipedia first. </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/notebook-touchpad-scroll#post-9337 Tue, 05 Feb 2008 04:32:39 +0000 Scott 9337@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>Please don't fret whs, not everyone takes things so literally, especially when they are uttered in first person.</p> <p>I grew up near <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hicksville%2C_New_York">Hicksville</a> :) </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/notebook-touchpad-scroll#post-9324 Tue, 05 Feb 2008 00:51:50 +0000 whs 9324@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>I really did not mean to be derogatory. Maybe I should make more use of Wikipedia. We have a German equivalent saying which is not at all derogatory, it is just funny - "Fuer das schwaebische Landvolk" which means something like "for the suebian countryfolk" and the Suebians are a tribe in the south of Germany. I guess one has to be careful with foreign languages. </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/notebook-touchpad-scroll#post-9323 Tue, 05 Feb 2008 00:39:21 +0000 jd2066 9323@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>I guess your post makes since now. You were referring to yourself as a being a little slow and layed back.<br /> The <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hick">wikipedia page on the word "hick"</a> says "In America, is commonly used as a derogatory term for someone from the rural South".<br /> That how I understood the word also so it seemed like an odd choice of words before. </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/notebook-touchpad-scroll#post-9322 Mon, 04 Feb 2008 23:47:45 +0000 whs 9322@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>jd, I have lived in many countries and somehow the southerners are always regarded as being a little slow. Even in little countries like Austria. Must have to do with the sun. And maybe I do not have an accurate grasp of the american semantics of the word "hicks". For me that is someone "layed back". </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/notebook-touchpad-scroll#post-9321 Mon, 04 Feb 2008 23:41:39 +0000 jd2066 9321@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>&gt; "us hicks in the south"<br /> I thought hicks referred to someone in the south of the United States.<br /> Does that apply in Germany (Where your profile says you are) too? </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/notebook-touchpad-scroll#post-9319 Mon, 04 Feb 2008 23:29:45 +0000 whs 9319@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>Taybay, this is excellent. Even us southerners will now grasp it. Thank you for going thru the trouble of explaining it so nicely. </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/notebook-touchpad-scroll#post-9317 Mon, 04 Feb 2008 23:22:29 +0000 taybay 9317@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>You can usually press down on the scroll wheel of a mouse. It acts as a third button. In your mouse configuration in the control panel, you can assign any of your mouse buttons to do a certain action. By default they are listed as "primary," "secondary" and "middle." In firefox, for example, primary click on a link will open it, secondary click will open a menu on it, and middle click will open it in a new tab, which you can then close by middle clicking on the tab. If you middle click anywhere that's not a link, a circle with arrows pops up (it looks like a resizing cursor). When this pops up, it uses the mouse to scroll instead of moving the cursor.</p> <p>On my touchpad, I can click by tapping lightly on it. I can use the mouse configuration window to give the four corners of the pad a certain action. Then I can just tap those areas to activate that function. I really hate using my thumbs to click with the physical buttons beneath the touchpad, so I assigned two of my corners to secondary and middle button. The other two corners are maximize and minimize (which are also functions that could be assigned to any mouse button).</p> <p>But, not all touchpads have that feature. If your laptop only appears to have two buttons, in some cases you can press both those buttons simultaneously to "middle click."</p> <p>I hope that didn't add to the confusion! I have a bad habit of going to deep. =P </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/notebook-touchpad-scroll#post-9315 Mon, 04 Feb 2008 23:03:29 +0000 whs 9315@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>Taybay, If I could understand what you just posted I would be king. Could you expand a little on that thought for us hicks in the south. The first and second sentences are clear. But then you lost me. Where do I get an Icon and how can I assign anything. Remind you that I am currently not on a laptop and I also have no mouse (I have a scrollball) to simulate your suggestion. But once I understand, I'll fire up my laptop. </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/notebook-touchpad-scroll#post-9310 Mon, 04 Feb 2008 22:41:27 +0000 taybay 9310@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>If you press the middle mouse button, it changes to a scroll icon. You can usually middle click by pressing both buttons by the touchpad. Once you get the icon, you can scroll by moving your finger up and down anywhere on the pad. On my pad I can assign the middle button to a corner of the pad, making it even easier. Try it. </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/notebook-touchpad-scroll#post-9289 Mon, 04 Feb 2008 20:43:53 +0000 whs 9289@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>You are welcome, this world is not perfect. Especially not if it comes to computers. </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/notebook-touchpad-scroll#post-9286 Mon, 04 Feb 2008 20:41:55 +0000 coates719 9286@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>Yeah but it selects everything.</p> <p>Although it's a nice simple solution.</p> <p>Thanks </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/notebook-touchpad-scroll#post-9282 Mon, 04 Feb 2008 20:17:44 +0000 whs 9282@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>Can you scroll with the middle of the touchpad holding down the "left clicker"? </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/notebook-touchpad-scroll#post-9280 Mon, 04 Feb 2008 19:57:33 +0000 coates719 9280@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>I only use the touchpad on an evening at home, during the day i have it on my desk with a mouse attached so it's no big problem. </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/notebook-touchpad-scroll#post-9276 Mon, 04 Feb 2008 19:43:43 +0000 whs 9276@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>Just looked the model up. You have a TL64 (real heat engine) and a huge disk ( huge by laptop standards). No wonder this thing heats. Nice laptop especially in view of the $700 price on this site.</p> <p><a href='http://www.dixons.co.uk/martprd/product/seo/Computing/Laptops/Entertainment+Laptops/HP/DV9657EM/704554'>http://www.dixons.co.uk/martprd/product/seo/Computing/Laptops/Entertainment+Laptops/HP/DV9657EM/704554</a></p> <p>The Synaptics will probably recognize it, but if it is a "mechanical" problem, it would not know. </p>