Linux Multitap with synaptic touchpad on Acer Timeline laptops

According to the instructions in the post below, the Acer Timeline laptops can now have touchpad features like two-finger scrolling:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=7253159&postcount=17

this is reported to work here:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=7783020&postcount=193

Updated counts for the different groups:

• Sony Vaio Z-series and Linux -- 127 active memberships
• Acer Aspire Timeline 3810T/4810T and Linux -- 43 active memberships
  
• Dell Latitude E4200/E4300 and Linux -- 41 active memberships
• Lenovo ThinkPad X301 and Linux -- 38 active memberships
• Toshiba Portege R500-R600 and Linux -- 13 active memberships
• Samsung X360 and Linux -- 12 active memberships
  
• Dell Adamo and Linux -- 3 active memberships