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
Thank you, Matt3o, that you didn't made Cyrillic set how it should be: with additional mods like: "СДВИГ" instead of "SHIFT", "КОНТР" instead of "CTRL", "ТАБ" instead of "TAB", "Ф1, Ф2, Ф3..." instead of "F1, F2, F3" , Especially key like "РУС/ЛАТ", which would simply make me wet. Especially absence of novelty key resembling "State quality mark of the USSR":
Also thank you for not googling keyboards from "ЕС ЭВМ", "АГАТ-9", "ДВК-2", and other psychotic heavymetal like this one:
Actually, you didn't targeted 40+ year old idiots like me (and respective post-soviet majority, hehe), and made just some hipster half-backed thing!
As a result, instead of spending $300+ so I spent just $200! CHECK&MATE, LOOSER, MWAHAHAHAHA!!!!111111
(reaching his medicines) Thank you for your work!
Well, I failed. I mostly fail, it's my second nature, so this is absolutely okay. For example - at one of the IT meetups (there was not much people coming as expected, so everyone decided just to introduce themselves and go for a beer), I started it like "Hi! My name is Andrew and I am alcoholic" - people only started to laugh when I said that it was joke.
Matt3o, your work is amazing. If there will be next drop (and Cyrillic will stay) - two things just needed for success - 1) Shipment to Russia, 2) Ideas above.
Thank you, and sorry again. No sarcasm was intended. But I will not stop kidding anyway.
Don't get me wrong, I would have paid good money for them too, but the line has to be drawn somewhere.
Still, niche exists, and it is virgin. As I understand - it is first ever Cyrillic set made that way.
Also, as I understand, MD will own molds. So, there will be next drops, I can't believe it's their one-time investment, especially when next drops can be made cheaper?
Also, correct me if I am wrong - dye sublimation isn't expensive? And, actually - all modifiers can be done with the same letters, and symbols, as in alphas.
They targeting not russians - they targeting "matrioshka" & "balalaika" contingent. Could also sell with keyboard called "Поехали!" and on the backside "На здоровье!"
Really, guys - try to imagine keyboard with Latin alphas and Cyrillic modifiers. Or with blank modifiers. It's simple not "complete", not "consistent".
Only one thing - it's a movie cliche. Russians during drinking doesn't say that. It's too long. (SMILE.JPG)
Still, could be a funny space key. And "Поехали!" instead of "Return" or "Enter". It could be even better than "На здоровье!", because "Поехали!" can be translated in context of "Let's go!", "C'mon!", "Godspeed!" and so on.
Personally, from that list I drink: "Absolut", "Pyat Ozer" and "Grey Goose". As you can see - Russian brand there is only "Pyat Ozer" (Пять Озёр or Five Lakes)
About toasts - sometimes they like some short stories, often funny ones, and so on. If it's some "official" drunkage, especially weddings, anniversaries, birthdays. Mostly when there is many people, and they not so good know each other.
If it's some small groups of friends - two or tree - then it's like "Ну, давай!" (Well, cmon!) or "Будь здоров!" (Be healthy!) - this one simple shortening to "Будь!" (Be!), especially after while, hehe.
It's all ending then with simple glass clashes, or head noddings, and some noises which suitable for one keycap: "Err", "Ugh", "Aha", "Ы.."
I hope I will not be banned here for this, sorry for that offtopic.
Или, например - имя YURI - с инвертированной R - да-да, я понимаю, к чему Вы - это стандарт? KOЯN - это "стандарт", а вот имя человека - это уже перебор. Особенно этого человека.
Как, нормально будет выглядеть N31L @RM5TR0NG по-Вашему? Написать имя русского (заведомо известного всему миру) человека с "Я" - подчёркивая его "русскость", что-ли? Яussian - вот ещё идея, например.
Далее, если Вы так за "стандарты" - то почему только кириллица? Латиница И кириллица - вот "стандарт".
"Динозавры" советские - это, кстати, для идей. Таких идей как наполнение новелтиес _функциональными_ клавишами (диагональная стрелка назад-вверх, например) или рус-лат свитч, и так далее.
С другой стороны, если Вы ориентируетесь на персонажей в треде которые уже рады переставить клавиши фонетически удобным для них способом, и совершенно не задумываясь при этом как они сфакапят профиль SA - ну чтож, в добрый путь.
Как я, впрочем, говорил, дело ваше абсолютно.
В глобальном смысле хотелось бы видеть что-то на базе панели управления Востока-1:
Что-нибудь из серии за гранью добра и зла - например, "счётчик витков", именно механический, тупо считающий нажатия клавиш, или там "ламповый" индикатор CPM. Это всё, конечно, мечты. Особенно когда приходит осознание конечной цены этой доски.
Но как трибьют - это была бы бомба. Да и просто как источник идей - хорошая тема.
Уйду на пенсию (а может и раньше) попробую сделать что-то сам в единичном объёме.
https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=76006.msg2390187#msg2390187
Но так как это дабл-шот а не сублимационная печать (у которой на этом профиле при двойной раскладке будут уже свои проблемы) - то это влетает в мрачные деньги, потому что трипл-шот:
https://deskthority.net/photos-f62/tripleshot-keycaps-with-windows-t12723.html
Было бы интересно посмотреть конечную стоимость.
Current case is about niche, which is in niche, which is part of a bigger niche from niche of huge keycap niche.
Also, it's a quite "bad" hit towards those "Cyrillic sets", which is for many of Russians simply not "complete".
Yeah I see on Yuri thread about Cyrillic problem on keysets. Honestly I get them just because I love seeing foreign letter and I do touch type. I eagerly waiting Laser's Hiragana too!
Sure, I could take blanks, but... no.
At least, I am happy that I'm pedant (AFAIK) only to keycaps, haha.