Another use case for having both: I have both a built-in, single-finger- except-with-special-windows-driver* touchpad, and a Magic Trackpad. So I get either edge scrolling on both, or 2-finger on the latter and no scrolling at all on the former.
* https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-input- synaptics/+bug/546697 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/467258 Title: Touchpad: simultaneous two-finger and edge scrolling -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs