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
A lot of the caps were too high up and had to be pushed down, they were all very uneven heights.
My Win key LED isn't working -
The keyboard is very pingy, especially the spacebar and other large keys which take .5-1s to stop making noise after I press them. Enter key as well. Normal keys are softer but just audiable enough to make me know it's happening even if I type without using the spacebar.
I seem to have gotten a new issue that others haven't talked of yet... my keycaps look pretty heavily used.
it's hard to catch on camera (really easy to see when rotating the board in the light, not so much when it's still)
If I put on headphone to ignore the pinging though, the board is pretty fun to type on. Clears are about as nice as I expected.
I also wanted to mention that of the first 6 keys I pulled each one of the LEDs were different from the other. By different, I'm talking about the temperature, *brightness* (that's shocking as a couple were a bit brighter than the other), and the amount of the led that's lit, etc. This is noted in the lowest brightness and becomes less apparent as the brightness is turned up. I could not capture the inconsistencies on picture. For the price paid, I expected a bit more qc, such a shame :( Then again, this is my first backlit mech and I'm not familiar with competitors and expectations.
thanks for the tip, i'll try that out tonight
or maybe im misinterpreting what you're saying.. i'm finding it quite hard to decipher. sorry.