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Re:Dual-touch smartphone design concept by hughes on Saturday May 17, 2014 @12:22PM (#7760547)
My hand is in contact with the touchpad on my laptop almost constantly, but this rarely causes any unintended interaction.
Re:Dual-touch smartphone design concept by nkozyra on Saturday May 17, 2014 @12:26PM (#7760558)
Same although it causes me problems frequently because I also use a mouse. In fact sometimes when typing I'll every so gently brush the pad and jump somewhere else and start overwriting things.
Re:Dual-touch smartphone design concept by gatehouse on Saturday May 17, 2014 @02:04PM (#7760749)
I had to turn off touch to click on my MacBook Air because I often brush the pad with the heel of my hand while typing, causing the OS to refocus on wherever the cursor happened to be.
Re:Dual-touch smartphone design concept by mikepurvis on Saturday May 17, 2014 @03:34PM (#7760823)
Isn't it off by default?

I like the physical click way better, in any case.

Re:Dual-touch smartphone design concept by joshmlewis on Saturday May 17, 2014 @12:26PM (#7760561)
I'm not sure what you're getting at. Your laptop is several times bigger than your phone so it's not as big as an issue. We are talking about a device that's smaller than your hand.
Re:Dual-touch smartphone design concept by thesimpsons1022 on Saturday May 17, 2014 @12:40PM (#7760570)
hes getting at the fact that laptops are trained to ignore input from your palm and only only respond to your fingers... a smartphone could also ignore certain inputs that are obviously not meant to be used.