• SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    2 days ago

    I wish I could stick one of these in my desktop keyboard.

    A fully mechanical keyboard with a nub between W and S so that I can play videogames with a joystick and a mouse, for superior aiming AND moving.

    Maybe I could design and print a WASD(QE) section/assembly with custom keycaps with a gap and install a nub as a mod.

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      1 day ago

      I used to have a desktop keyboard with the nipple in the traditional middle of the keyboard configuration so your fingers could stay on the home row but something about it was off maybe the acceleration or something I’m sure I could’ve fixed it in software if I were smarter but it never just worked like the Thinkpad ones

    • 🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 @pawb.social
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      1 day ago

      I would be fine with just having pressure sensitive WASD keys to control my speed beyond forward and forward but faster/slower, depending on what shift does. It’s insane how much a keyboard with pressure sensitivity costs tho. It might be cheaper to build my own.

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        1 day ago

        Wouldn’t it be ‘simple’ with hall effect sensors? Those seem to be pretty commonplace nowadays.