Published 2024-08-02
tag(s): #overblown-minor-annoyances
So I guess this is a new tag because I tend to be extra-annoyed when little things change,
despite being overall pretty resilient to "real" changes.
And I will say before I get started, I love my little Thinkpad.
With that out of the way, whose genius idea was to make these two changes in Thinkpads:
Anyway, this post is brought to you by spur of
the moment posting AND my work laptop (and HP ZBook) not having a button to quickly turn
off the touchpad.
REMEMBER THOSE? "...and laptops had some "Fn key" combo to toggle the
touchpad, which was the style at the time" [1] . This HP does not have
one, and the deeper I am focused into typing something, the bigger the chance that I activate
it by mistake.
For example, just while typing this post, I got a context menu and point moved around like 5
times. And if this was my personal computer, I would just disable it. But for work I need to
click around in Outlook (even worse, the disgrace that is New
Outlook...) [2].
I don't quite get why they keep removing useful things like this to replace them with
(checking the top row) a dedicated "project" key. That's been Windows+P since forever.
Maybe, just taking a guess as I am typing, manufacturers had to spend too much support time
with people wondering how come their touchpad stopped working? And laptops returned because
they activated the key combo by mistake.
I feel better already. Who knew having a blog could be so useful for venting. Maybe I don't need a therapist anymore! [3].