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- "If you want to go overboard, you can even create something akin to a macro by assigning multiple actions to the same key, so that a single keypress registers
by perihelions 3y ago
- "If you want to go overboard, you can even create something akin to a macro by assigning multiple actions to the same key, so that a single keypress registers a different action when you’ve pressed half-way down, as you bottom out and when the switch pushes the keycap up again — and maybe another one somewhere in-between. I haven’t quite found a personal use case for this yet, but somebody surely will."
That's horrifying.
https://xkcd.com/1172/ https://xkcd.com/1172/
- smallmancontrov 3y agoThe UX trend of mapping all functionality of small devices into a single weird morse code hybrid button is pretty much this, but yeah, it's horrifying.
- kps 3y agoThere were electric typewriters that would repeat if you pressed a key beyond its normal bottom.
- llm_trw 3y agoI have caps remapped to crtl on press and esc on release, space mapped to alt on press and space on release and the two shift keys mapped to parens on release and shifts on press. It's quite common to do at least of one of these if you're using vim or emacs on linux.
- irobeth 3y ago"slam any key to continue"
- adolph 3y agoWait until they add capacitance touch and "taptic engine" to keycaps. You could register different inputs to brushing a key different ways, or add mouse movement to g and h like those ThinkPad TrackPoints. Never going to have to leave the home row again.
- jareklupinski 3y agofor some reason i imagined this applying some force feedback back to your fingers halfway back up the keypress like if you made a typo, and the keyswitch pulsed the electromagnet to tap your finger on its way up
- willis936 3y agoOf course the real application is analog. Imagine being able to control movement speed in a game with keypress depth. Or, for the CAD adults in the room, a proper 6DOF tool without needing an additional clunky piece of hardware.