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Got it! First impressions...

I just got my Navigator Trackpad today! I'm excited. But:

I won't bore you with the details of the packaging (nice), cables (braided, really cool), and shell (nice too).

I immediately connected it to my MacBook, and right away it felt nice. Very, very similar to the Apple native trackpad, something I had never seen, but not as "smooth." It's not worse; it's just softer, more rubbery. I noticed there was a small stain on it and tried to scrub it off, and I permanently scratched the trackpad with my nail. Come on, ZSA 😭

The movement felt pretty nice until I tried to scroll. It didn't work. Ah, I forgot they had a Mac app to make it work nicely with macOS. Let's get that. So I did. Opening the app made the trackpad immediately unusable. The speed is just too much, no matter which setting I use. I would just disable it, but then scrolling wouldn't work! Scrolling is pretty nice, btw, native-like on Mac.

I'm sure this can be solved with a software update, but there's one more thing™. Somewhere on their website, they advise you to have a left-click key on your keyboard so you can use it to drag stuff with your trackpad. Why??? Apple solved this decades ago with the double-tap-and-hold function on their trackpads. I wish this was built in (or at least I have not been able to use it), because honestly, I want to use this one-handed. If they don't ship something like that, I might just not use it at all.

Overall, I'm still excited and hopeful though.

Edit: Another bug in the app, when enabled, I cannot move the cursor to another monitor

Edit 2: Turns out the rubbery feeling and the scratches were because it had a protective film... It did look like that, but taking it off felt wrong, so I didn't do it at the beginning... Somehow without it feels a bit worse.

Edit 3: They've updated the app already fixing all bugs. It's better, not perfect, and lacking the tap-and-hold to drag.

u/pablopunk — 1 day ago
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Since when has the trackpad been available for purchase?

I've been waiting for this for a long time. I randomly went to the website today to check for any updates, and I see it available? I didn't see it in the newsletter or on this subreddit 🤔. Grabbing one right now!

u/pablopunk — 8 days ago