What are the encoders for?
What are those letters and numbers on those square shaped things for? rofl....I had to. apologies if I offended, just a jokey-joke. On to the real....
Knobs just beg to be touched and turned. Someone needs to design a rotary that has the same low weight pressure needed to engage the push button mechanic as a normal tactile/linear switch does so that we can have a keyswitch that does both....allow for easy typing AND acts as a knob. Hell, lets add RGB while we're at it. Oh why not, lets make the tip an OLED screen that can be customized to any image! Now we're cooking with week old pork fat....
A hex shaped rotary switch that mimics exactly the push characteristics of a linear or tactile switch (or a linear/tactile switch that mimics exactly a rotary encoder's functions) along with addressable RGB strip/ring at bottom edge and an OLED screen on the switch face that is image/color addressable.
If only I were a billionaire and could play with R&D....if only for most of us!!