Touchpad "Tap to click" misbehaves badly

The tap-to-click function misbehaves really badly for me (xf86-input-synaptics). It is mainly 2 problems:
When I move my mousepointer short periods of time (doesnt seem to go by distance, but it is in the range of 16px-64px depending on how fast I move) and then lift my finger of the touchpad, it reponds as a click.
When I tap-to-click on something that needs precision(a 8x8 button) I notice my pointer moves away alot, causing misclicks and irritation.
I am certain both of these are fixable (even if it requires some C-coding), since I get none of these problems in Windows 7.
PS. My touchpad has a really shitty design (you have to click on the touchpad itself really hard to press the mouse buttons) which makes "tap-to-click" pretty much obligatory.
synclient
fredrik@fredrik-arch ~/Documents % synclient
Parameter settings:
LeftEdge = 1766
RightEdge = 5384
TopEdge = 1640
BottomEdge = 4500
FingerLow = 25
FingerHigh = 30
FingerPress = 256
MaxTapTime = 180
MaxTapMove = 235
MaxDoubleTapTime = 180
SingleTapTimeout = 180
ClickTime = 100
FastTaps = 0
EmulateMidButtonTime = 0
EmulateTwoFingerMinZ = 282
EmulateTwoFingerMinW = 7
VertScrollDelta = 107
HorizScrollDelta = 107
VertEdgeScroll = 1
HorizEdgeScroll = 1
CornerCoasting = 0
VertTwoFingerScroll = 0
HorizTwoFingerScroll = 0
MinSpeed = 1
MaxSpeed = 1.66
AccelFactor = 0.078
TrackstickSpeed = 40
EdgeMotionMinZ = 30
EdgeMotionMaxZ = 160
EdgeMotionMinSpeed = 1
EdgeMotionMaxSpeed = 428
EdgeMotionUseAlways = 0
TouchpadOff = 0
LockedDrags = 0
LockedDragTimeout = 5000
RTCornerButton = 0
RBCornerButton = 0
LTCornerButton = 0
LBCornerButton = 0
TapButton1 = 1
TapButton2 = 2
TapButton3 = 3
ClickFinger1 = 1
ClickFinger2 = 3
ClickFinger3 = 2
CircularScrolling = 0
CircScrollDelta = 0.100007
CircScrollTrigger = 0
CircularPad = 0
PalmDetect = 0
PalmMinWidth = 10
PalmMinZ = 200
CoastingSpeed = 0
CoastingFriction = 50
PressureMotionMinZ = 30
PressureMotionMaxZ = 160
PressureMotionMinFactor = 1
PressureMotionMaxFactor = 1
GrabEventDevice = 1
TapAndDragGesture = 1
AreaLeftEdge = 0
AreaRightEdge = 0
AreaTopEdge = 0
AreaBottomEdge = 0
HorizHysteresis = 8
VertHysteresis = 8
ClickPad = 1
RightButtonAreaLeft = 3575
RightButtonAreaRight = 0
RightButtonAreaTop = 4133
RightButtonAreaBottom = 0
MiddleButtonAreaLeft = 0
MiddleButtonAreaRight = 0
MiddleButtonAreaTop = 0
MiddleButtonAreaBottom = 0

hi,
thanks for your reply. i haven't had time to deal with this issue since i wrote about it in october.
i found the 'properties' window for the touchpad mouse but there is no reset button. i continue to have this issue and it is becoming more frequent although i have not been able to identify what triggers the sudden shut down of the tap-to-click function.
but something new has cropped up: when the tap-to-click stops working, the next time i tap the touchpad, the pointer goes to the Start button! this happens every time. i don't know that anything is different?
any further pointers (forgive the pun) would be most welcome!
--David

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