Anyone having an easy time w/ the new glass trackpad?

I'm really struggling with the new glass trackpad. I think I've mastered it one minute and then the next I'm selected text I didn't want to select or zooming in on something I didn't want to zoom in on. And then when I try to select text I get a contexual menu instead, etc, etc.
So my question is, is anyone having an easier time of it and if so could you share some tips? One thing I've already trained myself to do is to keep my thumb off the trackpad. With previous laptops I always kept my thumb on the trackpad button ready to click. That isn't possible now because it will mistake it as a 2nd, 3rd, or 4th finger.

Harry wrote:
I'm really struggling with the new glass trackpad. I think I've mastered it one minute and then the next I'm selected text I didn't want to select or zooming in on something I didn't want to zoom in on. And then when I try to select text I get a contexual menu instead, etc, etc.
So my question is, is anyone having an easier time of it and if so could you share some tips? One thing I've already trained myself to do is to keep my thumb off the trackpad. With previous laptops I always kept my thumb on the trackpad button ready to click. That isn't possible now because it will mistake it as a 2nd, 3rd, or 4th finger.
No problems at all...

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