What is a pointing stick?
The positioning rod is a miniaturized isometric joystick built into the center of some notebook keyboards used to move the cursor on the screen. A guiding stick can be used instead of or in addition to the mouse. The left and right mouse buttons are located directly below the spacebar on the models equipped with a wand. The stick itself resembles a nubka rubber and sits between the keys G and H keyboard QWERTY. Located sticks are included in small laptops that lack space for the touchpad, but can also be found on larger models that include the touchpad, and on some room keys.
One of the advantages of using the positioning stick on the touchpad is that the fingers can remain in the home row of the keyboard when using the stick. The home range is a place where the touch typists rests with their fingers and many writers prefer to show sticks because of the time they save. Research and Deveoper Ted Selker invented devices in 1984 for this reason and in 1987 IBM®, to the IT market as Trackpoint ™.
Other manufacturers followed the IBM leadership with their own versions of the wand. Some brands include The Pointstick ™ from HP®, NX Point ™ from NEC®, StickPoint ™ and QuickPoint ™ from Fujitsu®, Accepoint ™ from Acer® and Acer®. All riding sticks work in the same basic way, although each has proprietary software for configuration and control functions.
Configuration Instructions is the key for easier operation and for minimizing errors. Located in the middle of the keyboard and can be easily overlapped, knocked down or clicking randomly, especially the typista. If the sensitivity is too low, it can cause a continuous, unintentional cursor activity. Setting the sensitivity too high may require more pressure than comfortable, leading to possible stress, pain or fatigue forefinger. If you bring 't require a positioning stick, consider it deactivation or select the least sensitive settings,to minimize the random movement of the cursor.
Many users complain about the carriage of the cursor using a director stick. When this happens, the cursor continues slightly wandering after the user has finished handling the rod. Some software detects the cursor drift automatically and turns over the head bar to fix it. In other cases, the necessary calibration can be done manually using configuration software.
Most of the software can also be used to enable the "Tap-to-Select" function. In this case, clicking clicks on the mouse. This option can only be suitable for very accurate typists, as random knocking when writing causes unwanted clicks.
The rubber lock that covers the pharmacist can get dirty after a period of time and is replaceable. If you want to keep your routing stick flawlessly, check the latest units by visiting manufacturer website.