What is SpaceFN and why you should give it a try
The SpaceFN concept - setting up your space key as a layer switch when held - is probably one of the most useful tweaks in the keyboard hobby. Let me explain how it works. My SpaceFN article on kbd.news made some rounds recently - quite surprisingly given the age of this concept. This piece you're reading is a condensed version of the full post. If you're left with unanswered questions, you'll most likely find the info you're looking for in the original write-up. On my imaginary top list of the most useful keyboard features, tweaks and hacks, SpaceFN would deserve a podium finish for sure. But what makes it so special? In short: SpaceFN is easy to implement, easy to learn, costs nothing, can be used with any keyboard, and can improve your productivity instantly. I will list its benefits below, but can state right at this point that the SpaceFN concept, setting up your space key as a layer switch when held, is clearly one of the most useful tweaks in the keyboard hobby....
Apr 30, 2024
Good question! This keyboard has many uses since it can be programmed to do a theoretical infinity number of things. A few example user cases can be seen in the comments, like people that program it to play games. Instead of using the keyboard of a laptop, people program this mechanical keyboard with cherry mx switches to do the requested actions in-game. People also use it to send default messages in the game-chat, such as "Good game!".
I've also seeb people using it for media control to pause/play multimedia and to mute/change the sound volume.
A third thing people do is setting it up for programming/software development. They simply use it to write pieces of code they use often with the press of a button. Idk if you know anything about programming, but examples of this are for/while-loops and framework specific codes which are often used in frameworks like Laravel for authentication.
Many things can be done with this keyboard. If you have a repititive task, it's possible to make your life easier with this.