by og_ts_user » 29 Jul 2018, 08:32
It's so nice to have a couple voices out there responding. This forum doesn't have a section for projects so I'll just use my own member intro thread to put up my ideas and ask questions.
I'm a computer professional and recently, as a mixture of hobby and professional development, I've been actively trying to find new better ways to input. One thing I have really wanted, which I remembered from my FW LP keyboard, was how my left hand moved the arrow keys in the way that my right hand moved the mouse cursor. That was so useful! So recently I've been playing with trackballs (which I don't really like) and foot pedals and multiple-simultaneous trackpads and even a joystick, generally playing with the possibilities, and specifically trying to make a decent arrow-key-input device. On my Mac I've been using ControllerMate to customize all these devices.
I use an Apple Magic Trackpad to the right of my ErgoDox. For controlling the arrow keys, I'd been thinking that a second trackpad, off to the left of the keyboard, would be ideal. I have a second Magic Trackpad but the driver is so custom and embedded that ControllerMate can't work with it. All the other devices have been, eh, not natural or easier than the mouse.
Then, lo and behold, my eBay watch told me an iGesturePad was for sale. Now that I have it I think this is the single unified device which does everything I want. It's in great condition and all the gestures seem to work. Most importantly, it controls the arrow keys with single-finger input, including text selection and . Marvelous, I can't wait to get to work on Monday and try it!
Strangely the page buttons all work, but the number pad does not. I'd like to figure that out -- probably by disabling the page keys. Also I'll want to customize some gesutres so I looked at the software posted on this site. Has anyone tried to do this in the last couple years? From 2011 I see some software which I tried but I need more time to see if it will work for me.