i swear to god they used to work better. modern ones either send your cursor flying off the screen with a gentle nudge, or they barely move at all. it used to be people would hold onto the nipple nubs for extended times because they preferred the precision of them over touchpads. as touchpads have gotten better, nipple nubs have gotten worse. i’d probably point to 2015 when things all went wrong. i don’t know if the manufatcurers switched to a new sensor because it was cheaper or if the software / firmware / drivers that make touchpads good also make nipple nubs horrible
The shape is one of the give aways - dome-shaped nipple with that sand-paper texture. The new ones are concave and textured via cast or something, but don’t have that sand-paper feel. Along with that change, I suspect you’re right in that the sensor went to hell with em, cuz the new ones SUCK.
i swear to god they used to work better. modern ones either send your cursor flying off the screen with a gentle nudge, or they barely move at all. it used to be people would hold onto the nipple nubs for extended times because they preferred the precision of them over touchpads. as touchpads have gotten better, nipple nubs have gotten worse. i’d probably point to 2015 when things all went wrong. i don’t know if the manufatcurers switched to a new sensor because it was cheaper or if the software / firmware / drivers that make touchpads good also make nipple nubs horrible
100% they enshittified.
The shape is one of the give aways - dome-shaped nipple with that sand-paper texture. The new ones are concave and textured via cast or something, but don’t have that sand-paper feel. Along with that change, I suspect you’re right in that the sensor went to hell with em, cuz the new ones SUCK.
sounds like HP. their version is awful.