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Synaptics touchpad drivers
Raised as a usability problem by 13 people on Hacker News over 7 years (2015–2021), in 13 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
Touchpad driver frequently loses user settingsUnreviewed
20152026- Synaptics config UI is dated and offers fewer options than Windows settings2020-05-01
- Older touchpads only configurable via Mouse Control Panel, sometimes not at all2019-10-15
- Windows Update keeps reverting touchpad to worse manufacturer drivers after manual fix2018-07-17
Palm detection setting lets accidental swipes through while typingUnreviewed
20152026- Accidental random clicks and erratic scrolling from failed palm detection2021-09-15
- Built-in palm detection setting is terrible, so accidental swipes while typing get through2018-07-22
- Holding Ctrl to select files freezes mouse movement; palm detection and button size not configurable2017-09-05
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 15 complaints
- Accidental random clicks and erratic scrolling from failed palm detection2021-09-15
- Touch gestures are confusing; the commenter never figured out any of them2020-05-19
- Synaptics config UI is dated and offers fewer options than Windows settings2020-05-01
- Users must find the right combination of over 70 options to make devices work2020-04-13
- Older touchpads only configurable via Mouse Control Panel, sometimes not at all2019-10-15
- Synaptics utilities look dated and reinstall behind the user's back, requiring repeated removal2019-07-08
- Config panel vanished with no notice, and the replacement app is hard to find in the Store2018-08-16
- After update, device settings tab appears unexpectedly with no warning, settings reset, app hard to find2018-08-16
- Built-in palm detection setting is terrible, so accidental swipes while typing get through2018-07-22
- Windows Update keeps reverting touchpad to worse manufacturer drivers after manual fix2018-07-17
- Synaptics driver makes the touchpad far too sensitive by default2018-06-05
- Holding Ctrl to select files freezes mouse movement; palm detection and button size not configurable2017-09-05
- Driver causes mouse lag and bluescreens while being hard to remove2017-09-05
- Touchpad driver loses user settings frequently2016-03-12
- Random clicks trigger when pushing slightly harder while moving the cursor2015-10-12