Adesso EasyCat 2-Button PS/2 Glidepoint Touchpad (GPP160 )

by Adesso Inc

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 7 x 5.5 x 2.2 inches ; 5.6 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00008XPAR
• Item model number: GPP160
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank:
  • #55 in Electronics > Computers & Add-Ons > Computer Accessories > Keyboards, Mice & Input Devices > Touch Pads
• Date first available at Amazon.com: March 22, 2003

Product Description

Adesso Easy Cat PS/2 Glidepoint Touchpad GPP160 TouchPads

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Ergonomic and customizable!, January 26, 2007

By 

firefly (socal) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Adesso EasyCat 2-Button PS/2 Glidepoint Touchpad (GPP160 ) (Personal Computers)

The touchpad:
The center is smooth and the edges of the touch-sensitive surface are slightly rougher, like fine sandpaper. The upper-right triangle is also rougher. I would've preferred the whole surface to be smooth, but it's easy to get used to. A lot of people are complaining that it seems cheap, but I don't see anything wrong with it. The buttons are well-placed and easy to press. It has a large enough area, yet it's small and light enough to hold in the palm of your hand. It also has a long cable so you can either set it on your desktop or lean back in your chair and browse the web almost by remote.

By installing the driver (which can also be found on the cirque website) you can customize features:
- Can program buttons & top right corner. (You can even program them to run a shortcut.)
- Scroll areas can be turned on/off, but not specially programmed
- top: browser back & forward
- left: zoom
- bottom & right: horizontal & vertical scrolling
- Drag Lock: This is a neat feature. One of the things that people hate about touchpads is the difficulty in dragging. If your finger reaches the edge of the touchpad while dragging an icon, this lets you continue dragging without having to reselect the icon.
- Glide Extend: If you're selecting text from a very long word document or web page, the screen automatically scrolls up/down when your finger hits the edge of the touchpad.
- Can change scroll speed: smooth or variable number of lines at a time
- Adjust pointer speed
- Set orientation of touchpad: Unfortunately when reoriented, the scroll bars & buttons aren't reoriented. So if you reorient the touchpad 180 degrees, scrolling is on the left edge and scrolling up actually scrolls down (and vice versa).

My biggest complaint is that scrolling behaves differently for different applications. Vertical scrolling is too slow in Internet Explorer, too fast in Excel, and perfect in Firefox. However, horizontal scrolling and zooming don't even work in Firefox.

The programmable corner is a good idea, but the area is too large. I kept inadvertently tapping it, so I just disabled its function.

And why is the cable on the side instead of at the top?

Of course there are still actions that are easier or more precise with a mouse, so I recommend that you keep your mouse. I have a Microsoft Intellimouse Explorer plugged into USB and the EasyCat into PS/2, and the can be used at the same time. Every once in a while my mouse won't work when I restart my computer, but it usually kicks in again after the next restart.

A great product at a reasonable price! This is a must for people with tendonitis. This allows me to keep my wrist and forearm straight and pain-free. The only reason I'm not giving it 5 stars is because of the scrolling issues. If scrolling speed could be controlled by the touchpad software instead of the application software, it would be perfect.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars excellant, November 5, 2006

A Kid's Review

This review is from: Adesso EasyCat 2-Button PS/2 Glidepoint Touchpad (GPP160 ) (Personal Computers)

this touchpad works great. our son was born with only 3 fingers on each hand and manipulating a mouse was difficult for him. the touchpad makes it very easy to navigate the internet. he is only 3 years old.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars great glide, September 9, 2008

By 

Mike Brooks (Geneseo, NY USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Adesso EasyCat 2-Button PS/2 Glidepoint Touchpad (GPP160 ) (Personal Computers)

Very happy with the glidepoint. Only downfall is that it's so light it likes to slide around the desktop. Solved with a piece of non slip rubber underneath it.