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New Stowaway features.

As the proud owner of a bran-spankin-new Stowaway, I did what any proper nerd would do: downloaded the SDK and rewrote the drivers.
So, I've got the features of the Think Outside standard drivers in place (thanks mostly to their sample source *grin*). Now comes the fun part: new features.

What new features do we (the Visor community) want? The most obvious things to me are:
1. Some sort of 10-key layout. Say, hit a function key combo, and it flips to numpad mode.
2. Halfkeyboard emulation. Because it's so much fun. :-)
3. Mapping of app shortcuts to -any- key, not just 1-9. (This is -not- a hardware limitation, it's the driver.) Plus, using a different key combo for apps, so it doesn't conflict with shortcuts.
4. Keyboard menu navigation. I'm not sure where to begin with this, but I strongly suspect that it's possible.

Thoughts?

Re: New Stowaway features.

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Originally posted by cbiffle
1. Some sort of 10-key layout. Say, hit a function key combo, and it flips to numpad mode.

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2. Halfkeyboard emulation. Because it's so much fun. :-)

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Re: New Stowaway features.

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Originally posted by cbiffle
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1. Some sort of 10-key layout. Say, hit a function key combo, and it flips to numpad mode.

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i would like you to program something into the driver that makes it easier to support the keyboard on my lap.

mc

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Originally posted by mensachicken
i would like you to program something into the driver that makes it easier to support the keyboard on my lap.

mc

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How about something that lets me play games with the arrow keys?

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Drop Down Menu Access

A way via keyboard to: 1)access the drop down menus in any app, then 2)cursor through and select the menu options. I think this is possible currently in some apps, but certainly not all.

How about character mapping to emulate a Dvorak keyboard?

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Originally posted by sowens
How about character mapping to emulate a Dvorak keyboard?

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Originally posted by sowens
emulate a Dvorak keyboard?

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Originally posted by ernieba1
How about something that lets me play games with the arrow keys?

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Originally posted by Rob


That's a good idea -- can you emulate pressing hw buttons when specific keyboard keys are pressed? (the memo/todo/addr/dbk keyboard buttons don't seem to work in games that are controlled by the actual hw buttons)

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