I love this topic.
I think of it in terms of gestures vs. point-and-click rather than trackpad vs. mouse. For me, trackpad typically wins. Touch-based gestures on a trackpad, even on a non-touch OS, are just easier to remember and more intuitive. But why? Is it because Macs just make more sense to me in general than PCs, or is it years of training from iPhone and iPad?
I'm finding that MX3 Mouse for Mac from Logitech kind of gives me all of it at once in some ways. There's a little gesture pad and hot keys on the side. Where I'd normally four finger swipe to switch between Spaces, I hit the little left and right hot keys. Instead of a four finger swipe up on the trackpad, I do a single click on the gesture pad.
All personal preference of course, but in the end I think it's "gestures" that win rather than any particular hardware you're performing the gestures with.
I think of it in terms of gestures vs. point-and-click rather than trackpad vs. mouse. For me, trackpad typically wins. Touch-based gestures on a trackpad, even on a non-touch OS, are just easier to remember and more intuitive. But why? Is it because Macs just make more sense to me in general than PCs, or is it years of training from iPhone and iPad?
I'm finding that MX3 Mouse for Mac from Logitech kind of gives me all of it at once in some ways. There's a little gesture pad and hot keys on the side. Where I'd normally four finger swipe to switch between Spaces, I hit the little left and right hot keys. Instead of a four finger swipe up on the trackpad, I do a single click on the gesture pad.
All personal preference of course, but in the end I think it's "gestures" that win rather than any particular hardware you're performing the gestures with.
