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I've tried using foot pedals like this before but there were two issues which made it not work. 1. You need to keep the ball of your foot raised when not press
by rendaw 5y ago
I've tried using foot pedals like this before but there were two issues which made it not work.
1. You need to keep the ball of your foot raised when not pressing the button, which leads to an ache super quick. And foot switches tend to be pretty tall. The actuation distance is also pretty large.
2. The fact your foot is raised messes up your sitting balance. And you need to keep your foot in the same place all the time: no spinning your chair, no leaning to the side, shifting your weight, etc.
I'd like to see a good foot input device. Maybe something attached to the foot?
- sam_lowry_ 5y agoLearn vim and map the pedal to the Esc key.
- somedudetbh 5y agoI actually do use vim (well, evil mode in Emacs), and I did set up a footswitch and did map it to esc. It was really annoying, for all the reasons OP mentioned. I guess I also didn't realize how much I vary my sitting/standing posture during the day but keeping my foot over that footswitch really didn't work for me. It also felt slower but I'm not sure if I would have gotten used to it, I don't think I even made it a day before i realized this wouldn't work for me. This was during a strange time when I experimented with like....i wrote some code to recognize chords on a midi controller and map them to key sequences, so like C-major->switch to home desktop. that was kind of funny. The only thing that was even vaguely useful from all these footswitch etc experiments was using grid of drum pads as window management tools. e.g. shortcut to four virtual desktops = top row of four drum pads. But even that I don't actually use. anyway, ymmv
- renewiltord 5y agoI also used a foot pedal for a normal toggle and neither as toggle nor as clutch did the trick for me. I wouldn't use it again unless it was attached to my shoe in some way.
- a_t48 5y agoCould you invert it and only apply the modifier when your foot is raised?
- ChickeNES 5y ago> I'd like to see a good foot input device. Maybe something attached to the foot? Perhaps an accelerometer in your shoe?
- swader999 5y agoSame here, trying to coordinate foot and finger combinations is a little awkward to say the least.
- john61 5y agoThis takes practice but can work very well. Look at organ or piano players.
- Shorel 5y agoAbout #1: it takes about a month of sim racing for these muscles to develop. After a while, you even forget it used to be hard. About #2: That's why you have special seats and rigs in sim racing. Your position is more at an angle and not fully vertical. Never expect a normal gaming chair to be of help for this.