Touchpad - turned off while typing test

[Matthew Kuiken]

Stephen Shirley wrote:
> Hi,
> I decided to update the entry for my laptop to the latest template. I
> noticed the new test called 'Touchpad - turned off while typing'. My
> laptop doesn't do this in dapper, so i filed a bug[0], which was
> rejected. So the question is, is that test supposed to be there?
>
> Steve
> 0: https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+bug/55235
>   

While looking at a web site from someone's sig, I came across this page:

http://www.debuntu.org/2006/06/25/70-how-to-disabling-your-touchpad-while-typing/ 


I've now set up the syndaemon for my system, and am really happy that 
I'm not having problems with accidentally clicking away from the area 
that I'm typing. It was really frustrating before because I wouldn't 
accidentally click very often before, but I would invariably do it while 
typing a long paragraph. It would garble things up so badly that I would 
sometimes have problems figuring out what went where.

All of the programs and settings are there for this to work on Dapper, I 
just wonder why it isn't enabled by default.

-Matt