Jan 12 2009
Mobile Gadgets: Dell Mini 9 cursor is hard to control
I spent much of Saturday morning getting my Dell Mini 9 ready for prime time. I corrected the driver issue, I updated my McAfee virus protection and I charged the battery.
This evening I am writing my blog posts on it. I am beginning to see the strange little quirks that either I will learn to overcome or I will figure out how to correct what I am doing wrong. It is getting very frustrating to be typing and then all of a sudden the cursor jumps to another line, in the middle of another word, for what seems like no good reason.
The keyboard is small. My hands are also small so my Mini 9 should be a great fit. In fact it is, but this jumping around issue is ridiculous. I am trying to watch my hands so I can see what is happening. It is not apparent that I am inadvertently hitting the wrong keys.
The keys are stiff compared to my Sony Vaio. Some of the keys are positioned differently. Maybe I am pressing a multifunction key without knowing it. I know that the function keys are different. They are located on the third row of keys instead of the top row and I have to hold down the “Fn” (function key) to make them work.
The “Shift” keys are small – the key is less than half size on the right hand side. It is easy to hit the “arrow” keys when aiming for the “Shift” key.
One thing is clear. Speed is not my friend yet. I am proofreading as I go and I hope that I do not miss any mistakes. If I do miss any (oops there it went again) please give me a pass for now.
In closing – I do not mind typing on my Dell Mini 9 but I mind very much the way the cursor jumps around. If any of you own a Mini 9 please let me know if you are having the same experience.
Hello, I have the same problem with my Dell mini! It is driving me INSANE!!! Did you find a solution to the cursor jumping? I am so tired of having to retype sections that have disappeared through cursor jumping and hilighting/deleting whole sections of text before I know what’s happening. Or like you said, typing into another line. There; just happened twice! arrrgh! Help!
I figured out that if I keep the heal of my hand from resting to near the mouse pad the cursor stays where I want it. That area must be very sensitive to touch. Sometimes I forget but I have gotten better.