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
Mar 12th Update: Keycaps are complete and they're currently getting booked onto a plane out of China to New Jersey. Getting a plane out of China to the USA isn't exactly trivial these days, so we're waiting for confirmation of our cargo spot.
Mar 13th Update: Keycaps are booked onto a plane and currently have a estimated arrival + clearance date of March 20th. Based on that, we would be shipping sometime around March 23-25th
Mar 21st Update: Keycaps arrived late on Friday afternoon at our warehouse. They'll be unpacking / receiving /counting them on Monday at the warehouse, and should be shipping over the following days. Timelines and staffing levels are a bit tricky these days for obvious reasons.
Mar 24th Update: Our warehouse is in NJ which is a hotspot for Covid. They're doing their best but they've cut the shifts from 2 down to 1, and have lower staffing levels to maintain social distancing. Tracking numbers should start to go out in the next few days but we're being warned that every day is a new challenge with getting orders packed and out the door. Please be patient, I'll keep posting updates.
Mar 25th Update: 178 orders were packed and shipped today (out of 3000+). So the good news is that things are moving, albeit slowly. Tomorrow we hope to see significant progress. Keep in mind there are also significant carrier delays by all of the different post/courier systems right now so things will absolutely take longer to get to you after you have your tracking number.
Mar 27th Update: Orders still going out the door, we expect many of them to ship out on Monday.
Mar 29th update: Extras will go on sale March 30th, shipping in mid-April (After all of these are done). See my explanation/update here.
Mar 31st update: About 45% done shipping, sadly still moving slower than we want it to.
Apr 1st update: at 60% now...
Apr 2nd update: 75% -- Also some good news for people, there are more extras on the way to our warehouse towards the end of April!
Apr 3rd update: 92%
Apr 4th update: 98%
Apr 6th update: Still 98%, it looks like we're short some of the Forties kits. We're trying to reconcile the issue to determine whether the manufacturer short-shipped us, or the warehouse mis-received the order, or they went missing during transit. Sorry for the delay, we're going to ship the orders (without the missing Forties) kits shortly if we don't solve this quickly- and then send the Forties kits out as a separate order once that has been solved.
Apr 17th update: The MT3 Serika extras that were sold at the start of April will be shipping on April 21st, versus the previously communicated April 17th date. Apologies for the delay, everything is backlogged at the warehouse right now due to COVID related delays.
April 24th Update: All of the extras are shipped. Forties kits are scheduled to arrive on May 1st (or early the following week). We should have the missing Forties kits and missing Katakana kits shipped out by May 8th at the latest.
April 27th Update: Forties are now scheduled to arrive tomorrow, April 28th. Assuming things go smoothly they'll ship out on the 29th or 30th.
May 7th: Unstickying thread as the fulfillment uncertainty, timelines and issues have now all been resolved.
I'm sorry to use Google Translator because I don't speak English well.
The item I ordered has arrived in Germany and is in "delivery complete" status (April 20th)
Since then, I have sent inquiries over four times, but no reply has been sent.
It's already been two weeks since I waited for a reply email.
I don't receive a reply to my mail, what am I supposed to do?
I am getting tired of waiting.