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Some tangential analysis of Synapse over here: https://twitter.com/davkean/status/1144498663122558977 https://twitter.com/davkean/status/1144498663122558977.

sitzkrieg 7y ago
when it forced you to login to use it a few months back, i immediately bought a zowie instead and highly recommend others to do the same
viraptor 7y ago
Mouse./keyboard customisation software seems universally bad / lowest-bidder style. Logitech's mouse button configuration tool for example weights over 400MB. Literally for a tool which requires a few dropdowns.
- falcolas 7y ago
  I've somewhat ironically found that the performance of my VR rig improves the more keyboard/mouse drivers I shut down. The throughput required for the index controllers and headset is pretty high, and when combined with mouse and keyboard drivers some game frameworks can experience terrible stuttering.
- Eric_WVGG 7y ago
  Yeah it's a little off-topic, but I wanted to note that for Mac users, there's this app called SteerMouse which is massively better than Razer or Logitech's offerings, works with practically everything, and doesn't have a "rad" nineties gamer-trash UI. http://www.plentycom.jp/en/steermouse/ http://www.plentycom.jp/en/steermouse/
- exikyut 7y ago
  Oooh. What does it have in it? A home-made .NET-to-Java transpiler that requires custom builds of the CLR and JVM? The 300MB of random data at the end of the Windows XP install CD? An encrypted archive containing the set of folders comprising the entire source code history (the top level of which has an alarming number of entries named like "revert_v5_bug [Final] - ACTUAL CURRENT") (because some developer has OCD about backups)?
  - viraptor 7y ago
    I didn't investigate. It was whether the "unifying driver" or the "g hub" app for macos if you want to check.
  - quantummkv 7y ago
    Given the state of Modern Software Development, It's most probably Electron.
- Narishma 7y ago
  It's not limited to mice and keyboards. Pretty much every device or peripheral out there is infected with that, from printers to graphics cards to headphones, etc..
  - mr_toad 7y ago
    Nearly every hardware manufacturers software is a giant steaming pile. I suspect that most hardware companies cultures treat software engineering as as second class activity.

sitzkrieg 7y ago

when it forced you to login to use it a few months back, i immediately bought a zowie instead and highly recommend others to do the same

viraptor 7y ago

Mouse./keyboard customisation software seems universally bad / lowest-bidder style. Logitech's mouse button configuration tool for example weights over 400MB. Literally for a tool which requires a few dropdowns.

falcolas 7y ago
I've somewhat ironically found that the performance of my VR rig improves the more keyboard/mouse drivers I shut down. The throughput required for the index controllers and headset is pretty high, and when combined with mouse and keyboard drivers some game frameworks can experience terrible stuttering.
Eric_WVGG 7y ago
Yeah it's a little off-topic, but I wanted to note that for Mac users, there's this app called SteerMouse which is massively better than Razer or Logitech's offerings, works with practically everything, and doesn't have a "rad" nineties gamer-trash UI. http://www.plentycom.jp/en/steermouse/ http://www.plentycom.jp/en/steermouse/
exikyut 7y ago
Oooh. What does it have in it? A home-made .NET-to-Java transpiler that requires custom builds of the CLR and JVM? The 300MB of random data at the end of the Windows XP install CD? An encrypted archive containing the set of folders comprising the entire source code history (the top level of which has an alarming number of entries named like "revert_v5_bug [Final] - ACTUAL CURRENT") (because some developer has OCD about backups)?
- viraptor 7y ago
  I didn't investigate. It was whether the "unifying driver" or the "g hub" app for macos if you want to check.
- quantummkv 7y ago
  Given the state of Modern Software Development, It's most probably Electron.
Narishma 7y ago
It's not limited to mice and keyboards. Pretty much every device or peripheral out there is infected with that, from printers to graphics cards to headphones, etc..
- mr_toad 7y ago
  Nearly every hardware manufacturers software is a giant steaming pile. I suspect that most hardware companies cultures treat software engineering as as second class activity.