Hello, I have a trackpad for my iMac and I also have an iPod Touch 4th generation. The biggest difference between the multi gesture trackpad and the touch screen on an iOS device is that all functions are done directly on the screen of the iOS device, except where the home button is used. On the Mac, the track pad is used in conjunction with the booster keys on the keyboard, Shift, Control, Option and such. While I do use my trackpad, mostly I use the full keyboard. The trackpad is really useful while on web pages, for example. You cannot use the trackpad to do actual virtual keyboard entry, as you do on the iOS devices. While I have an Apple Bluetooth keyboard to use with my iPod Touch, I usually use the touch screen instead. I only use the keyboard when I'm going to be dewing lots of typing on the Touch. Hope this gives a little more insight.
Dan On Jul 25, 2011, at 2:09 PM, Geoff Shang wrote: > Hi, > > My wife and I were pondering on the subject of trackpads in relation to using > VoiceOver, and we thought we'd tap into the collective whisdom here. > > What, if anything, does a trackpad allow you to do that you can't do with the > keyboard? Or is it merely another interface to the same commands? > > I know some of you have varius macbook models where a trackpad comes as > standard, but we have an iMac and want to know if a trackpad is something we > should consider purchasing. But we're not going to buy one if all it does is > make Mac OS X feel more like iOS. > > Any thoughts will be appreciated. > > Thanks. > Geoff. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
