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://keyboard-configurator.massdrop.com/keyboard/infinity/assembly
They give a link here: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/053g7cprxpq4uxb/AADbsYIDb5TCIjKpapWHSJbca/kiibohd/kii-dfu/kii-dfu_win-0.2e.zip?dl=0
The link dont work. WTF? I'm used to broken links, so I found everything.
Then they say "This will be a .bin file, and it is very important that the name on the file be one word with no spaces.". It's not only about that. You have to put everything, somewhere that has no space, INCLUDING the names of the folders. I wish good luck to someone who doesn't know that.
This is not the end!!! They give you an advice: go here:
https://keyboard-configurator.massdrop.com/keyboard/infinity
And you can see two things. (1) it's in BETA (2) the layout is empty (and I'm not talking about the fact that it's only QWERTY, I whish good luck to all other countries all around the world)
I'm not joking: it's BETA. Seriously, how many product have you bought in BETA version? I repeat: BETA VERSION!!! Imagine you house in BETA version, your pen in BETA version, your alarm, your bank in BETA version? (we could joke a lot about that but I'm so angry that I'm not in the mood to joke right now).
It's that simple: you NEVER buy products in BETA version. You test in BETA, ok. You dont BUY.
Let's go further.
When you open the link of the infinity configurator, it's blank. There's no "template" or whatever. Blank, do it on your own, end of story. See picture here too. And once again, it's for QWERTY. So if you're french (AZERTY) and want to send a "A" to your OS, you need to set "Q" on the configurator. Good luck for all the countries but english ones!!!