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geekhack Community => Ergonomics => Topic started by: fossala on Tue, 29 November 2011, 02:50:05

Title: Kinesis foot pedal.
Post by: fossala on Tue, 29 November 2011, 02:50:05

I am looking at getting a single foot pedal for my kinesis advantage when it arrives so that I can use it to access the funtction layer that I plan to use a lot to stop the need of them rubber buttons.
Has anyone here used them before for this use and how effective was?

Title: Kinesis foot pedal.
Post by: Input Nirvana on Fri, 02 December 2011, 10:55:31

Kinesis foot pedals are very heavy duty and effective. I have a triple. Then again, food switches are incredibly simple devices (remember, it's just a contact switch). You can use almost any foot switch, doesn't need to be the Kinesis "brand". I set it up for various functions, even some with remapping. I understand about not wanting to use the elastomeric F row, that's why several of us have modified the Kinesis to have Cherry switches in those locations.

Title: Kinesis foot pedal.
Post by: Architect on Thu, 15 December 2011, 17:30:04

I have the pedals that come with the keyboard and the solo triple pedal. I don't use them and wouldn't buy the solo again. It's too slow to use and awkward compared to my keyboarding. If I was disabled and that was the only choice then I'd do it.

Title: Kinesis foot pedal.
Post by: fossala on Fri, 16 December 2011, 04:04:30

Dude, stop spamming all my threads with you TE propaganda. No one is buying it and you are just acting like a c**t

Title: Kinesis foot pedal.
Post by: Input Nirvana on Fri, 16 December 2011, 12:16:26

I have a triple foot pedal, but it's not in use at this time, so I can't tell you if it's slow or not. Can it be slow? If so, would that be in the firmware? I mean a foot pedal is just a contact switch with a few feet of wire.

If you really need to know soon any details about the foot pedal on a Kinesis, tell/ask me, and I can connect it up and find out the answers for you.

Title: Kinesis foot pedal.
Post by: Architect on Tue, 20 December 2011, 06:51:06

Quote from: fossala;471961

Dude, stop spamming all my threads with you TE propaganda. No one is buying it and you are just acting like a c**t

WTF? What is your problem? I have the Kinesis foot pedal and haven't used it since I got it, not because the foot pedal is bad but because as I said, I personally find foot pedals too slow to use. F*** off, sorry I tried to contribute to your thread.