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
Quick update: Keyboards arrived at our warehouse this morning. Expect them to be shipped out tomorrow! :)
And on a funny note... we have to teach our warehouse staff to recognize Chinese characters (see picture).
Thank you guys so much for your hard work and patience with your suppliers. I know we've been patient, too, but we certainly didn't have to learn Chinese for it! Thanks again! I hope all your work will pay off with the ErgoDox drop too!
So Excited to finally get my keyboard.
Not saying it's hard, probably would take an hour tops determining which set of characters correspond to what, but we've waited this long so a few more days won't hurt.
I love MassDrop for the ability to get impossible to buy items, but this now has nothing to do with that. They have had the keyboards at their warehouse early this week, they advertise that it takes them 24 hours to ship once they get product at their warehouse. I know they have to figure out what a couple symbols in chinese mean, but thats pretty easy. Like yjtt said, it not like we have a million orders with 50 different types... There one LED color, so we can ignore that chinese symbol, there are then 3 keycap choices and a few switch choices... Should only take an hour to sort into piles the different orders (only 158 keyboards).
I feel like no one is even working on it, otherwise they would have been shipped by now...
I hate to say it, since I like massdrop and usually defend and support them, but at this point its entirely unacceptable and massdrops fault that they havent been shipped yet. (again, especially since they constantly advertise that things are shipped within 24 hours of arriving at the warehouse!)
If, for some reason, you can't order and send the keyboards by the deadline, just say so. Don't leave us in the dark.