http://stealthisidea.com/articles/trackpad-as-butto/ Philip Haine's articles on Product Vision, Innovation and Design Tue, 06 Dec 2011 23:38:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 http://stealthisidea.com/articles/trackpad-as-butto/comment-page-1/#comment-2172 Dave Cortright Mon, 20 Oct 2008 03:40:49 +0000 http://stealthisidea.com/?p=430#comment-2172 Perhaps if the new trackpad is such a huge win, a 3rd party company (or dare I say even Apple) will come out with a USB version of it. Especially if they could make a paper-thin version and use a force-feedback device (perhaps some sort of Piezoelectric material) to simulate a physical click when pressed. I find my finger has much more dexterity and precision than my whole hand moving a mouse. I'd buy one. Perhaps if the new trackpad is such a huge win, a 3rd party company (or dare I say even Apple) will come out with a USB version of it. Especially if they could make a paper-thin version and use a force-feedback device (perhaps some sort of Piezoelectric material) to simulate a physical click when pressed. I find my finger has much more dexterity and precision than my whole hand moving a mouse. I’d buy one.

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