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
The only clone copiers are any other company on the face of this Planet, trying to emulate the Great GMK Factory.
First get your facts straight before embarrassing yourself on a public forum like this because Dolch will always be here, long after 'Camping' disappears and gets forgotten ; )
First get your facts straight before embarrassing yourself on a public forum like this.
GMK sunshine, is the only one that holds all of their original manufactured molds. Due to GMK holding those exact molds it now makes them the official Dolch manufacturer. Also for you to know here, GMK is a 100% German owned Company just like Cherry Corp once was, hence it still stays inside that unique Country, like other world famous manufacturers for example Mercedes-Benz, BMW, SAP, Volkswagen, Audi, Siemens, Adidas, Porsche.
Never saw any "camper" installed anywhere so again please provide proof here, that this key-set you keep mentioning beats or has been produced longer than the now famous Dolch series key-set from GMK?
You said it correctly that the Dolch is found everywhere mainly due to cheapo Chinese manufacturers, jumping onboard to copy this very famous keyset BUT their 'copies' are very inferior and sub-standard, compared with the Originally made GMK Dolch series, which is still the best World Standard in keyset design.
20 years from now the Dolch will still be here on Earth, produced by GMK for all serious purchasers to own and use, I bet your "Camper" disappears without trace never to be remembered again like so many previously designed keysets.
First you need to KNOW your history of the 'Dolch' before again, embarrassing yourself publicly ; )
Just amazing I still have to constantly REPEAT the facts to Morons who know nothing about the GMK company and what they produce ....
Is Dolch always going to be a classic? Heck yes. Will people forget about GMK/SA Camping in a few years? Maybe. Should someone let that dictate which set set they get? No way! It's all personal preference after all.
The one thing I keep hearing now is this "Camper or Camping" what the hell is it or when was it made?
I personally really like the set and think it would look killer on a wood-framed board, but I'm all out of extra cash for keyboard stuff right now so I'm just gazing at both sets longingly.
Elrick, when I read LevelSteam's comment, I interpreted Dolch copy as a "Dolch with yellow legends, mint legends, orange legends, black legends, etc etc etc etc etc". Not an actual Tai-Hao copy or something. I thought of it as a "set that has been done so many times that it has become mundane".
"GMK's Dolch and all of it's clones came after. Dolch sets and their derivatives are easy to make, and really easy to find. "
I won't be in the "Camping" Group Buy simply because I don't trust 'no name' sites running any type of Group Buy.
If it aint here on MassDrop, I'm not interested ; )