TouchFreeze stops accidental touchpad taps
When it comes to touchpads, I’m all thumbs. When my fingers start pounding out words, my thumbs can’t avoid that touchpad in its typical placement dead center below the keyboard. Thus, I keep mine turned off most of the time. But that may no longer be a problem with TouchFreeze.
Annoyed when you are typing a document and accidentally the palm of your hand brushes the touchpad, changing the position of the cursor in your document or accidentally clicking on an option. TouchFreeze is simple utility for Windows NT/2000/XP that solves this problem. It automatically disables touchpad while you are typing text. Like syndaemon on x-windows.
The project is hosted on Google code. I’ve already installed it and am trying it right now. So far so good. I should clarify it does not disable the touchpad from moving the cursor, but rather keeps taps from being recognized as clicks, which is what I really need. No conflicts with my Wacom Bamboo either as far as I can tell (not that I could tap itaccidentally). If anything changes, I’ll let you know.
Via Lifehacker
Category: Software
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My name is Mark Sumimoto; I am Sumocat. I dabble in all areas of mobile computing, but my focus is Windows-based Tablet PCs and pen input. They’ve been part of my arsenal since 2004, and I’m proud to have pioneered the field of ink blogging, earning a spot as a Microsoft MVP for Touch and Tablets in the process. My current tools include a Fujitsu Lifebook T900, TEGA v2, and iPhone 4. Email me: sumocat [at] notebooks.com- GoodThings2Life
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