RanceJustice
Supreme [H]ardness
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Looks great - I've been holding out on buying a new keyboard ever since I heard about this coming down the pipe. I can only hope the layout offers the same media and G-key style as the K95 - It really is a great setup with the volume roller, mute button, multiple play/FF/Rew etc.. keys on the right and the G-key and M-banks on the left. Full dynamic key-by-key color choice is awesome, and this will be a first for mechanical keyboards - I'd be happy if they kept with the same old cherry mx Reds underneath.
However, the one thing I'm a little worried about is exactly how you will control the lighting and whatnot. I do not want this to be something that requires Windows-only software to control/set - this is the plague of many gaming peripherals in that they are slaved to drivers or software that are exclusively Windows based!. At very least, I hope there is an open source API or something so that Linux (or OSX) users can write their own tools to interface with the macro/G keys, backlighting and more. If Corsair is awesome enough to make a Linux driver/utility, that would be great, but at very least let us write our own. Of course, a platform agnostic solution such as little wheels or sliders that control R G and B 0-255 and can be applied to any keys pressed while in "programming mode" would also be neat, but if that's too much trouble how about an ultra lightweight WebUI/server that allows configuration of the keyboard (and there would be a hardware switch to turn on and off the webUI/server for peace of mind). I know these are kind of strange ideas, but I'm just a little tired of great peripherals being castrated when used on Linux, or any OS that doesn't have a config tool written for it.
Logitech has languished for a long time, but I have to say that their including an open source AP for their G-series is what propelled their G-keys and GamePanel LCDs to such prominence, that they could be used on any platform, and coded for by game developers and the like. I hope that Corsair takes the concept a step further, as it will be very appreciated by the community.
Edit: I wonder if they have anything in their high-end mouse line in the works, to compliment this? Especially a M95 "MMO tons of buttons that for once all feel different and there's even a place to rest your thumb! No one else thought of this awesomeness" styled successor. Likewise, I'd be very interested in a competitor for the Logitech G13 gameboard with mechanical, key-by-key color tech and some other upgrades as well..
However, the one thing I'm a little worried about is exactly how you will control the lighting and whatnot. I do not want this to be something that requires Windows-only software to control/set - this is the plague of many gaming peripherals in that they are slaved to drivers or software that are exclusively Windows based!. At very least, I hope there is an open source API or something so that Linux (or OSX) users can write their own tools to interface with the macro/G keys, backlighting and more. If Corsair is awesome enough to make a Linux driver/utility, that would be great, but at very least let us write our own. Of course, a platform agnostic solution such as little wheels or sliders that control R G and B 0-255 and can be applied to any keys pressed while in "programming mode" would also be neat, but if that's too much trouble how about an ultra lightweight WebUI/server that allows configuration of the keyboard (and there would be a hardware switch to turn on and off the webUI/server for peace of mind). I know these are kind of strange ideas, but I'm just a little tired of great peripherals being castrated when used on Linux, or any OS that doesn't have a config tool written for it.
Logitech has languished for a long time, but I have to say that their including an open source AP for their G-series is what propelled their G-keys and GamePanel LCDs to such prominence, that they could be used on any platform, and coded for by game developers and the like. I hope that Corsair takes the concept a step further, as it will be very appreciated by the community.
Edit: I wonder if they have anything in their high-end mouse line in the works, to compliment this? Especially a M95 "MMO tons of buttons that for once all feel different and there's even a place to rest your thumb! No one else thought of this awesomeness" styled successor. Likewise, I'd be very interested in a competitor for the Logitech G13 gameboard with mechanical, key-by-key color tech and some other upgrades as well..
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