Key Takeaways
- IBM coj TrackPoint rau ThinkPad thaum Lub Kaum Hli 1992 nrog ThinkPad 700 thiab 700C.
- TrackPoint tuaj yeem ua rau lub laptop keyboard yooj yim dua los ntawm kev txo tes txav.
- Lenovo hloov pauv TrackPoint hauv 2014's X1 Carbon thiab tshem tawm ntawm ThinkPad 11e, tab sis hloov chav kawm tom qab cov kiv cua tawm tsam.
Qhib ThinkPad thiab koj yuav pom qee yam tshwj xeeb: me me, ci liab joystick, tsis zoo li tus neeg dag lub qhov ntswg, uas yog qhov sib piv rau cov xim dub nyob ib puag ncig nws.
Qhov no me me taw tes stick, officially hu ua TrackPoint (thiab unofficially hu ua lub nub los yog lub txiv mis) yog ib tug tuav los ntawm ib tug era thaum lub laptops yog luv luv-sized li thiab touchpads twb tsis hnov txog.
Hannah Blair, tus kws txiav txim plaub ntug ntawm 2020 VR Awards thiab tus tsim tawm pem hauv ntej ntawm Hopin, tau teeb tsa tweetstorm nrog daim duab ntawm TrackPoint thiab kev sib tw: "Puas muaj leej twg puas tau siv qhov khoom no tiag?" Cov lus teb, tau kawg, yog "yog." Tab sis yog vim li cas?
TrackPoint's Ergonomic Roots
TrackPoint yog hauv paus hauv kev tshawb fawb los ntawm Ted Selker, tus kws tshawb fawb hauv computer ua haujlwm rau IBM. Nws tuaj hla cov ntaub ntawv xyoo 1984 uas qhia cov neeg siv xav tau ntau tshaj li ib pliag kom txav lawv txhais tes los ntawm cov keyboard mus rau nas. Vim li cas ho tsis tshem tawm qhov kev txav no los ntawm kev ntxiv tus cursor input rau keyboard?
Tig qhov kev soj ntsuam no mus rau hauv lub cuab yeej siv tau siv ntau xyoo. Selker tau ua haujlwm nrog Joe Rutledge los kho lub tswv yim los ntawm kev sim cov neeg siv, xa 100 tus qauv rau IBM labs thoob ntiaj teb.
Cov no tau dhau los ua TrackPoint thaum Richard Sapper, tus tsim qauv tom qab IBM thawj ThinkPads, siv rau xyoo 1992's ThinkPad 700. Sapper tuaj yeem suav rau TrackPoint's iconic liab tiav (tseem hu ua IBM Magenta), uas nws tau siv los ua kom pom tseeb. rau lub tshuab tsis paub.
TrackPoint qhov chaw tsis tau lees paub. Sapper tus thawj ThinkPad lub tswv yim tsis muaj tus nas nkag, thiab qee cov qauv thaum ntxov, zoo li ThinkPad 220, muaj qhov sib tw. Cov neeg thuam tau nyiam TrackPoint, txawm li cas los xij, thiab nws tau dhau los ua tus qauv ntawm txhua lub ThinkPad laptops hauv xyoo 1995.
Puas yog TrackPoint Ua Tau Zoo dua?
Kuv thawj zaug ntsib TrackPoint ntawm ThinkPad T40 Kuv tau yuav rau tsev kawm qib siab xyoo 2003. Kuv poob rau hauv kev hlub nrog nws vim li cas: Kuv tuaj yeem ncav cuag nws yooj yim thaum sau ntawv lossis tshawb nrhiav qhov chaw tshawb fawb.
Qhov no, tau kawg, yog TrackPoint lub hom phiaj npaj. Selker thiab Rutledge qhov kev sim tau tsom rau kev siv tus cursor thaum ntaus.
"Qhov kev sib piv tau pom tias nws siv sijhawm 30 txog 45 vib nas this kom tau txais txiaj ntsig zoo li lub ncoo," Selker tau hais hauv kev xam phaj peb-teev nrog Computer History Museum hauv 2017. "Thiab tom qab peb feeb tom qab, koj tuaj yeem ua tau. 45 feeb tom qab, koj tuaj yeem ua nws sai dua nas. Yog li qhov ntawd yog qhov loj heev. " IBM rov hais dua qhov zoo dua no hauv xyoo 1990 video qhia txog qhov zoo ntawm IBM "hauv-keyboard analog taw tes ntaus ntawv."
Txawm li cas los xij, kev tshawb fawb tsis ntev los no pom cov touchpad zoo dua. Ib daim ntawv xyoo 2007 piv rau kev siv tau ntawm touchpads thiab cov ntsiab lus rau cov neeg laus hnub nyoog nruab nrab pom cov touchpad txog 20% nrawm dua hauv cov haujlwm taw tes-thiab-nias thiab luag-thiab-nco.
Tom tau sim ThinkPads tshiab zoo li X1 Nano thiab X1 Titanium Yoga, Kuv xav tias cov kiv cua thiab cov neeg tawm tsam tau sib tham yav dhau los. TrackPoint tsis tau tsim rau cov haujlwm ceev ceev-thiab-nias. Nws tau tsim los txhawm rau tshem tawm qhov kev hloov pauv ntawm cov keyboard thiab nas. TrackPoint ua rau muaj kev nkag siab zoo rau cov kws sau ntawv, cov neeg kho, lossis cov coders uas siv sijhawm ua haujlwm nrog cov ntawv nyeem.
Puas Lenovo Puas Yuav Tshem Tawm Nub?
Lenovo, uas tau yuav ThinkPad hauv 2005, tau ua pov thawj tias yog tus neeg saib xyuas ntse ntawm lub hom, tab sis nws txoj haujlwm tsis tau muaj kev sib cav. Lub 2014 ThinkPad X1 Carbon muaj kiv cua quaj foul.
Tsim los ntawm kev sib koom tes ntawm David Hill, Tom Takhashi, thiab thawj tus tsim ThinkPad Richard Sapper, X1 Carbon tau hloov me me: nws tshem tawm lub cev sab laug thiab sab xis nas khawm nyob rau sab saum toj ntawm ThinkPad touchpads. X1 Carbon tseem muaj cov nyees khawm nyob rau hauv qhov chaw ntawd, tab sis zoo li lwm cov touchpads, muab tso rau hauv lub touchpad nto. Lenovo kuj tau nthuav tawm tus qauv tshiab, ThinkPad 11e, tsis muaj TrackPoint.
Cov neeg siv ntxub nws. Louis Rossman, tus YouTuber thiab lub khw kho computer tus tswv paub zoo tshaj plaws rau kev thuam tsis tu ncua ntawm Apple, tau tawm tsam cov zej zog ThinkPad. X1 Carbon tiam thib ob coj rov qab lub cev sib cais sab laug thiab sab xis khawm kom zoo. Lub ThinkPad 11e tam sim no tau txiav lawm.
Lenovo tau kawm los puag lub touchpad, touchscreen, thiab TrackPoint yam tsis pub ib tus cuam tshuam los ntawm lwm tus.
"Peb muaj ntau, ntau tus neeg siv khoom uas ua kom pom tseeb rau peb tias lawv siv thiab muaj nuj nqis rau kev ua haujlwm ntawm TrackPoint ntxiv rau touchpads, nas, touchscreens, thiab lwm txoj hauv kev tawm tswv yim," Kevin Beck, cov kws tshaj lij zaj dab neeg laus ntawm Lenovo, tau hais hauv email.
Hnub no, koj yuav pom TrackPoint ntawm PCs ntawm txhua hom, los ntawm cov chaw ua haujlwm loj loj rau 2-hauv-1s nrog cov keyboards tshem tau, zoo li ThinkPad X12 Detachable. Superfans txawm siv TrackPoint nrog lub desktop.
Lub TrackPoint yog lub hom phiaj ua kom tsis meej pem ThinkPad cov neeg tuaj tshiab rau xyoo tom ntej-thiab nub cov kiv cua loj tshaj plaws yuav tsis muaj lwm txoj hauv kev.
