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
https://quadraclicks.com/blogs/word/why-majority-of-mouse-designs-fail-part-1-inaccuracy-why-gaming-mouses-have-palm-support Today let's talk about mouse, where it came from, how it's changed, why it's changed, and continue to face old and new challenges, therefore, needs to keep changing. Around 58 years ago, since the dawn of Doug Engelbart's first debut of "mouse", the need to move along and change between x and y have continued to request improvements. But it wasn't until early 1990's the world began to embrace and adapt usage of mouse, along with the PC. There had been enough articles and commentaries on computer science history, and since I've not lived in most part of that, I will refrain from talking about it. Instead, I want to address current issues I've encountered personally with the modern day mouses. Yes, mouses, not mice. The Inaccuracy Problem: When it comes to accuracy, it's hard to ignore gaming mouses, the best selling gaming mouse designs have palm support. Some examples are: corsair scimitar, razer deathadder, and logitech g403 Why the palm support? You see, when the mouse was first made popular, it was made popular by retail business workers. Employees who stood behind a computer desk, walk around the shop, and punching in orders for their seemingly never satisfied customers. The keyword here is Standing. Why am I talking about retail stores, hang on tight, I'm getting there. When the sales associate is standing next to a computer, like we still see today at most retail shops, their wrist in relationship to the mouse they use is resting between 35 ~ 60 degrees, when asked, most would say 45 ~ 55 degrees being the most comfortable angles to use a mouse without feeling any type of stress. And when these workers go home to hop on their PC at end of the work day, they continue to expect the same kind of usage habit they did at work earlier, but all of a sudden begin to experience a surge of discomfort from suddenly having to grab the mouse tighter in effort to stop the mouse from moving too much after each click. So that's why mouse makers made the palm support wide and big. It's an effort to minimize backslide or random unintended movement after each click. When the user needs to use the mouse at home, while being relaxed and sitting down. If the user's usage habit changes, product can't help but functions improperly from its original design. It's like pedaling a bicycle the same way both downhill and uphill yet expecting the same results. I will continue writing on this blog another day.