Registered: May 2001
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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?

Registered: Feb 2001
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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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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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(Grins widely) and you thought we GoType users were stupid because we choose non foldable, smaller keys and have to have larger cases, but now we laugh at you, mere Stowaway users! WE DO have a number pad mode! Hah! Awww, who am I kidding....

Registered: Oct 2000
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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

Registered: Sep 2000
Location: Raleigh, NC
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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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Registered: Dec 2000
Location: Elkins Park, Pa
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How about something that lets me play games with the arrow keys?

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Registered: May 2000
Location: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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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.

Registered: Sep 2000
Location: Rochester, NY
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How about character mapping to emulate a Dvorak keyboard?

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Registered: Feb 2001
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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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Registered: Jul 2000
Location: Vancouver, BC, Canada
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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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