Human Interface Guidelines/The Sugar Interface/Input Systems: Difference between revisions

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====Trackpad====
====Trackpad====
[[Image: Trackpad.png|thumb|320px|left|The dual purpose trackpad supports finger and stylus stimuli.]]
The laptops employ a capacitive (finger controlled) trackpad.
The laptops employ a new development in trackpad technology; it is dual mode: capacitive (finger controlled); and resistive (used with a stylus as in a graphics tablet).  With the addition of the stylus mode, children may write and draw directly within an activity, adding a personal touch to chat conversations or a signed email to a friend.
 
Only the center region of the trackpad has capacitance, responding to a finger.  The entire trackpad responds to a stylus.


Only the center region of the trackpad has capacitance, responding to a finger.