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 difference between clears and whites is the same difference as between browns and blues.
User Sixty talks about them over at Geekhack (http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=17221.0) and the deskauthority has a separate wiki article for both of them - http://deskthority.net/wiki/Cherry_MX_White - http://deskthority.net/wiki/Cherry_MX_Clear
So, the question is are these whites or clears? I'd be shocked if these were actually whites.
http://deskthority.net/wiki/Cherry_MX_Clear http://deskthority.net/wiki/Cherry_MX_White
And indeed, those in QWERKeys's tester are White switches, and in CMStorm's tester are Clear switches.
I think...
Anyway the clear is basically a heavier brown and the white is basically the green but with a less audible click, almost to the point of not being a clicky switch but still a subtle click that purely-tactile switches don't have.