Twiddler 3.x Eliminate Pad Printing on Keys?

[tony]

We all know, if you are looking at the Twiddler when you are typing, you are using it incorrectly. This really limits the value of printing labels on the key caps.

Also, if you are using a custom config the keys printed on the caps are not valid.

Do you think we should eliminate the pad printing on the key caps and just deliver black caps?

[akraut]

This thought has crossed my mind quite a bit, namely when I use the tutorial. The reason being that the tutorial aligns the keys as if you're looking at them, which means you're twisting your hand around quite a bit. So I think it does make sense to eliminate the keycaps. In conjunction with that, I would show the key positions in the tutor as if you were looking through the back of the Twiddler. And lastly, I would consider a small update to the firmware that will write a plaintext keymap to a text file within the memory for reference either on poweron or when the keymap changes.

[tony]

@akraut

write a plaintext keymap to a text file

This is really difficult to do because the Twiddler is an HID device and only sends HID codes to your Host. It does not really "know" what key your OS has mapped to that HID code.

This task would be much easier to do in Twiddler Tuner.

[akraut]

Yeah, that does make sense now that you explain it.