Comment 5 for bug 184868

Thank you for reporting this bug, and for trying to help make Ubuntu better. However, your report does not have enough details for us to do anything about the problems you have described. Could you please add the following information:
* The specific steps or actions that you took to try to change your trackpad behaviour. Did you try changing anything in gsynaptics (System->Preferences->Touchpad)? If so, what did you try?
* The "completely different" results you got when following the Mac Book instructions - what happened that you didn't expect?
* What Compiz plugins did you find interfered with your trackpad? How did the behaviour change when you had more than 2 windows on the screen with compiz active?

You may find it helpful to read "How to report bugs effectively" http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/bugs.html.

Additionally, this seems to be specific to your hardware. My laptop has a synaptics touchpad, and have never seen any bad interaction between Compiz and gsynaptics.