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I would love to see more Keyboards providing firmware based remapping options... No need for extra drivers or hacky solutions... Just works everywhere. Best c

I would love to see more Keyboards providing firmware based remapping options... No need for extra drivers or hacky solutions... Just works everywhere. Best case scenario: Use a shortcut to activate mapping profiles to store different mappings in the same keyboard - press Ctrl+alt+super+1: enable profile 1

lawn 2y ago
Quite a few keyboards supports the QMK firmware. If that's what you want there are several options at this point.
- sandreas 2y ago
  I would like to See: - More open keyboard firmware - more vendors supporting it - An Option for (programmable) key mapping within - Support for at least 5 mapping profiles But this is pretty unlikely to happen...
makeitdouble 2y ago
Yes, that's definitely something that needs to be more common and standardized (looking at you, Logitech) On the "works everywhere", it's a weird beast. Programmable keyboards will work on any machine without any configuration, while software remapping will work on any keyboard, even the cheapest IR dongle keyboard you'll buy in a pinch during a trip. IMO it comes down to which one you switch more often, the machine or the keyboard.
eviks 2y ago
Firmware has no knowledge of the use app you're running and other user space info, right? Then it'll always be inferior
- sandreas 2y ago
  Absolutely. That's what I would use profiles for... Profile 1 for vim, Profile 2 for a specific game, etc. etc... However, mapping e.g. caps lock to ESC (many devs do this) would be a global mapping that just works everywhere on every OS. Firmware mapping would not exclude software mapping at all but just be there IN ADDITION.
  - eviks 2y ago
    A proper sofware-based solution can switch profiles for you automatically depending on the app as it's rather tedious to do so manually. But I definitely agree with the principle - all keyboards should have advanced QMK-like firmware solutions

lawn 2y ago

Quite a few keyboards supports the QMK firmware. If that's what you want there are several options at this point.

sandreas 2y ago
I would like to See: - More open keyboard firmware - more vendors supporting it - An Option for (programmable) key mapping within - Support for at least 5 mapping profiles But this is pretty unlikely to happen...

makeitdouble 2y ago

Yes, that's definitely something that needs to be more common and standardized (looking at you, Logitech) On the "works everywhere", it's a weird beast. Programmable keyboards will work on any machine without any configuration, while software remapping will work on any keyboard, even the cheapest IR dongle keyboard you'll buy in a pinch during a trip. IMO it comes down to which one you switch more often, the machine or the keyboard.

eviks 2y ago

Firmware has no knowledge of the use app you're running and other user space info, right? Then it'll always be inferior

sandreas 2y ago
Absolutely. That's what I would use profiles for... Profile 1 for vim, Profile 2 for a specific game, etc. etc... However, mapping e.g. caps lock to ESC (many devs do this) would be a global mapping that just works everywhere on every OS. Firmware mapping would not exclude software mapping at all but just be there IN ADDITION.
- eviks 2y ago
  A proper sofware-based solution can switch profiles for you automatically depending on the app as it's rather tedious to do so manually. But I definitely agree with the principle - all keyboards should have advanced QMK-like firmware solutions