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
* Betas * Basic Text Modifiers Betas * ISO Enter Betas * Norde Kit Betas
This would be an instant buy from my part for my WASD v2 TKL. If Norde kit got available in betas I could maybe go for the icon modifiers instead (since ISO enters include one), but I prefer text. I also don't get why the base kit includes some numpad keys, they are no use to TKL or less layouts so why include them in the base kit instead of as a separate kit?
A huge plus would be to also include a Torvalds/Stallman kit for Linux users (as I mentioned in a previous comment) with "super" as text option (alphas and betas) as well as stallman beard/gnu/tux icon key.
The compability map that WASD v2 has seems to show I should be ok. For the curious I've added the link below to view it, where they also show different bottom row layouts that may be interesting to the people using non-standard bottom row layouts (keep in mind they show it as "compitable with their keycaps and keyboards" so don't mind the coloring if you don't own a WASD keyboard): http://support.wasdkeyboards.com/customer/portal/articles/1366948-keycap-compatibility
Given that we will be experiencing product from a relative newcomer (Chinese XDA producer, not MiTo) and given they've been quite prolific recently, I think it's reasonable to ask for another drop for some additional child kits.
Hopefully more buyers will agree.
Love the kit, but am just a bigger fan of the betas and since I don't want to join the drop twice (once for full alphas and once for full betas), I'll just wait til' they have a drop including all kits with betas.