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The only time I have missed the Menu key is when I have used a Windows tablet with a pen and no mouse.

The Menu key is not used as a modifier in Windows or in any desktop environment I have tested - it just causes a menu
to open on key release. The Fn key is a modifier, however.
Therefore, I think that the Menu and Fn could be overloaded on the same key: If you hold it and press another key then it should work as Fn-layer modifier but if you would press and release it without pressing another key then it should produce a Menu Down event followed by a Menu Up event in quick succession.

czarek wrote: For typing characters requiring AltGR it's useful to have 2 ALTs on both sides of space bar.

For me who uses Swedish layout, a keyboard without Alt Gr (right Alt) is useless. Without it, there is no @ or brackets for programming. Many more useful symbols on Alt Gr in Linux than Windows.

BimboBB wrote: And finally you can change the scan cycle (default, medium, fast). Not really sure what it means, I guess its some kind of "rapidfire" thing.

Probably, polling rate. Would be 100/500/1000Hz most likely.

Findecanor wrote: The only time I have missed the Menu key is when I have used a Windows tablet with a pen and no mouse.

The Menu key is not used as a modifier in Windows or in any desktop environment I have tested - it just causes a menu
to open on key release. The Fn key is a modifier, however.
Therefore, I think that the Menu and Fn could be overloaded on the same key: If you hold it and press another key then it should work as Fn-layer modifier but if you would press and release it without pressing another key then it should produce a Menu Down event followed by a Menu Up event in quick succession.

This is posssible with TouchCursor, by setting the key to Menu instead of Space. Since Touchcursor implements SpaceFN by default (using space down event as FN layer, and only producing space on key up), I have used the menu key for this before with some success, but it also became slightly annoying. When pressing FN on accident, I want it not to do anything, instead of popping open a menu I don't need at that moment.

Findecanor wrote:

czarek wrote: For typing characters requiring AltGR it's useful to have 2 ALTs on both sides of space bar.

For me who uses Swedish layout, a keyboard without Alt Gr (right Alt) is useless. Without it, there is no @ or brackets for programming. Many more useful symbols on Alt Gr in Linux than Windows.

I also depend on ALT Gr a lot, typing on QWERTZ in Windows. But I also use CTRL+ALT sometimes as that gives me the same symbols.

I finally got around to do a review of the Uniqey Q100: https://www.mecha-blog.de/review-uniqey ... qmx-clips/ (in German)
I also included a little - albeit mediocre quality, sorry - sound comparison (5 quick and 2 slow types each): first the Q100 without clips, then the Q100 with QMX Clips, then a QPad MK-80 with traditional O-rings and finally a CM Novatouch.

Actually we got a raffle going with GMK: 5 Uniqey QMX Clip sets for a fullsize keyboard each: https://www.mecha-blog.de/verlosung-uni ... mitmachen/

c137 wrote: Actually we got a raffle going with GMK: 5 Uniqey QMX Clip sets for a fullsize keyboard each: https://www.mecha-blog.de/verlosung-uni ... mitmachen/

Better chances for people with a Facebook or Twitter account,
even better chances for people with both a Facebook and a Twitter account.

Selll them your soul

That is correct. It is what it is, a promo for the blog and the QMX clips.
However, neither Facebook nor Twitter is neccessary at all for participation. Also, even for getting all of the 5 possible lots, you don't actually need a Facebook account.

(Edited for clarity)

c137 wrote: […] neither Facebook nor Twitter is neccessary at all.

How right you are





Edit: the quote above reflects c137’s post before it was edited

BimboBB wrote: Got the Uniqey board today. Its rock solid, perfect workmanship...no flaws at all.
Works fine even with GRUB and under linux.

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QMX clips

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How thick is the aluminum case? Is it like a folded sheet, cast or CNCd? Is it anodized or painted?