Magic Trackpad Problems in Lion

Since loading Lion on to my 2011 MBP 13" I have a number of gesture issues on my Magic Trackpad. It seems to have a will of its own and refuses to follow the trackpad on my laptops 'lead', with particular reference to Safari, full screen apps and moving back and forwards. I've played with all the trackpad settings in system pref and still nowhere. Any thoughts chaps? Many thanks in advance.

Just wanted to add my experiences to the mix. I've had the magic trackpad (bluetooth) problems, too. Mostly, I've seen behavior where certain gestures do things they're not supposed to (and that are incredibly discruptive), like, when I single-click something, Mission Control launches. Grrrr. Anyhoo, in addition to the suggestions here, I have found that the bluetooth trackpad really likes fresh batteries. In fact, I've seen my trackpad problems go away entirely when I put in new batteries, and the battery level is back up to 100%. I've also seen the trackpad do fine when the battery level is down at 10%, but, when those problems start happening, fresh batteries have done the trick every time. It's as if a stronger bluetooth signal clears out the confusion. Oh, and, somewhat ironically perhaps, I have re-chargeable batteries that I bought from the Apple store online, and, those seem to cause the problem more often than traditional batteries, too.
Oh, and there's this KB article from Apple, too:
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1449

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