Ok, granted it is slippery, hard to orient, unergonomic, and the buttons are mistake prone, but I actually really like using the touchpad on the occasional time I actually pick up the remote with the correct end forward. It's really nice to be able to move with decent speed around a UI instead of using crappy and hard to press arrow keys.

Note: I've actually perfected a flick-of-the-wrist so that I can reorient the remote quickly when I pick it up wrong.