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Lenovo touchpads
Raised as a usability problem by 23 people on Hacker News over 12 years (2012–2023), in 19 threads.
No issue was raised by at least 3 people in 3 threads this year.
No issue was raised by at least 3 people in 3 threads in the last 5 years.
Every issue, all time, most people first
Cursor jumps when palm touches trackpad while typing, and dry fingers are missedUnreviewed
20122026- Touchpad lacks gestures and accidental cursor movement from palm or finger makes it hard to use2019-03-21
- Single-finger drag sometimes acts as a drag instead of moving the pointer2018-06-24
- Cursor jumps around because palm moves it while typing; touchpad hover and dry-finger registration unreliable2017-01-02
Unreviewed issues were grouped by machine: Claude Haiku labelled each comment as a usability complaint, named what it's about and summed up the problem in a line, and a small model grouped similar problems. Nobody has checked them by hand. Expect mistakes.
The newest 23 complaints
- Trackpad has poor sensitivity, tiny surface area, and low resolution, so users reach for a mouse2023-01-18
- Touchpad lacks gestures and accidental cursor movement from palm or finger makes it hard to use2019-03-21
- Trackpad doesn't click reliably along its right edge2018-08-31
- Having to press a button to bring up the trackpad would be annoying and take adjustment2018-08-31
- Buttonless trackpad makes precision selecting, dragging and drawing nearly impossible2018-08-31
- Single-finger drag sometimes acts as a drag instead of moving the pointer2018-06-24
- Cursor jumps around because palm moves it while typing; touchpad hover and dry-finger registration unreliable2017-01-02
- Touchpad on new ThinkPads is cheap and hard to use daily2016-12-27
- Middle button stops acting as middle click and two-finger scrolling breaks for minutes2016-10-31
- Trackpad is a constant annoyance to use over long periods2016-10-28
- Trackpad is unusable on Windows because the bottom-right corner acts as a right-click button2016-03-12
- Trackpad is so bad the user had to carry a separate USB mouse2016-02-17
- Touchpad is unusable after typing because the delay can't be fully turned off2015-03-29
- Scroll and click require two hands, since buttons are at the top2014-12-24
- Clicking trackpad is hard to use; user stopped using it after six months2014-11-03
- Newer ThinkPads have an awful trackpad that is hard to use2014-11-02
- Scrolling stutters and click-and-drag drops files in wrong places about 30% of the time2014-11-02
- Mouse buttons hidden under touchpad are almost unusable2014-03-24
- Newer ThinkPads lack physical buttons, making the trackpad annoying to use2013-12-28
- Clickpad so unusable the commenter had to turn the trackpad off2013-10-30
- Multitouch is less accurate than on the older laptop, even after disabling features2013-07-11
- Trackpads were nearly unusable in earlier Lenovo T-series models2012-12-03
- Two-finger scroll is uncomfortable to use and sometimes not detected2012-03-20