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So I'm doing my course work at school for product design (Design Technology) and for my research, I need to know what people think about a macro keypad for productivity.

If you have a few seconds, please could you complete this form 

 

Thank you very much for your help guys.

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5 minutes ago, Ahind2020 said:

So I'm doing my course work at school for product design (Design Technology) and for my research, I need to know what people think about a macro keypad for productivity.

If you have a few seconds, please could you complete this form 

 

Thank you very much for your help guys.

Hey, no offense here but your form (or the platform you are hosting it on) sends my ad-blockers/anti-trackers into overdrive...

NOTE: I no longer frequent this site. If you really need help, PM/DM me and my e.mail will alert me. 

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5 minutes ago, Radium_Angel said:

Hey, no offense here but your form (or the platform you are hosting it on) sends my ad-blockers/anti-trackers into overdrive...

Well no shit, it's a Microsoft product lol

Quote me to see my reply!

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8 minutes ago, Radium_Angel said:

Hey, no offense here but your form (or the platform you are hosting it on) sends my ad-blockers/anti-trackers into overdrive...

No issue on my side with ublock. Are you perhaps blocking microsoft IPs ?

 

 

As for OP, I answered it as if I didn't already have Macro keys built-into my keyboard already. I wouldn't purchase a separate device, unless I found a keyboard I truly loved, somehow, and it didn't have macro keys.

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1 minute ago, TetraSky said:

No issue on my side with ublock. Are you perhaps blocking microsoft IPs ?

 

 

As for OP, I answered it as if I didn't already have Macro keys built-into my keyboard already. I wouldn't purchase a separate device, unless I found a keyboard I truly loved, somehow, and it didn't have macro keys.

I block everything. So probably.

5 minutes ago, kelvinhall05 said:

Well no shit, it's a Microsoft product lol

Heh, true

NOTE: I no longer frequent this site. If you really need help, PM/DM me and my e.mail will alert me. 

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always helping fellow students if i can

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Survey done, btw. Some suggestions for the macropad:

 

Make it a kit where the end user can, at the very least, solder/hotswap in their own switches. If it's something you have to sell, optionally include relegendable keycaps. Bluetooth might be nice but not necessary. Most importantly of all, either take the time to write good, open-source software, or just make it run QMK.

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I answered you survey. Good luck with the project.

As far as macro keypads go, I don't currently own one but if I was going to own one I would love it to be a fully configurable touchscreen where I could have as many or few macros as possible, rearrange them, resize them, customize the icons etc.

I'm thinking like a raspberry Pi with a touchscreen - somethign like this https://makerhacks.com/graphical-pizero-stream-deck/

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4 hours ago, Radium_Angel said:

Hey, no offense here but your form (or the platform you are hosting it on) sends my ad-blockers/anti-trackers into overdrive...

Yo sorry guys about that. I just used Microsoft Forms as it was free and is part of the office suite I use. apologies.

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1 hour ago, Ahind2020 said:

Yo sorry guys about that. I just used Microsoft Forms as it was free and is part of the office suite I use. apologies.

No worries, I knew the instant it was hosted on and MS site it was going to be full of spying, just wasn't sure if you knew this...

NOTE: I no longer frequent this site. If you really need help, PM/DM me and my e.mail will alert me. 

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