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the solution involves buying a 100 euro product with 6 customizable buttons (cool product but expensive). Anyone know of cheaper alternatives for a keyboard buttonset (between 4 and 20 keys)? Probably standalone numpad (with customizable keys) comes closest but maybe someone knows better.
Even easier (from the user's perspective) solution: 1. Make a photo of her own radio. 2. Put that photo on a tablet device. 3. Allow her to click on the photo where the buttons are. 4. Adjust stations/volume accordingly. Next step: physically operate her own radio remotely :) Or: let her bring her own radio, and use internet and an FM transmitter to relay the signals.
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Are we still arguing for HTTP-only sites ?
I would link to implement https since almost all other sites I surf on now are https by default. But the last time I tried it with multiple domains pointing to the same server it was too cumbersome. And having to renew the certificate is also not very appealing for a small hobby site.
Stream decks are really nice, I got one recently and have been playing around with various uses. So far I've hooked it up to auto-post things to a Slack (using IFTTT) and done bindings for a MMORPG (DDO) as well as it's intended use (scene switching in OBS) All works fine and it's pretty easy to setup.
I'm confused on what the stream deck actually is. And the elgato site is overloaded with motion graphics. Is it basically just a grid of buttons with LCDs backing them? So you can attach a dynamic icon to each button and pressing it will run some macro on the host PC?
So for example I can easily select scenes from OBS within the stream deck application to add them.
In addition there's various add-ons that can be enabled, so for there are buttons that'll show your CPU usage or Internet speeds.
the solution involves buying a 100 euro product with 6 customizable buttons (cool product but expensive). Anyone know of cheaper alternatives for a keyboard buttonset (between 4 and 20 keys)? Probably standalone numpad (with customizable keys) comes closest but maybe someone knows better.
That's a really good idea. For reasons I won't trouble anyone with, I've been educating myself with accessibility features on computers/phones/tablets, smart speakers, appliances, etc. It's funny how much shittier it all is than it could be. It certainly hasn't helped that the button-per-function thinking in consumer product design has been largely replaced with low cost small displays. Maybe I'll design a piano that…
. Break apart the programming/setup from the physical interface.
. Use a phone or pc for all setup, perhaps like a Google wifi router, a lot of the time this is done by a different person than the end user.
. make it look like a Tivoli Model One, except with an 8 (or so) pole switch or button set. off/am/fm/aux/internet preset 1-5
http://www.johnwolff.id.au/calculators/BellPunch/PLUSBakelit...
It's an existing product.
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I do not agree with the tablet thing. Too many things can go wrong, and tablets are touch only, no tactile feedback. But your last idea was actually an excellent suggestion :) An ideal hacker project!
I’ve seen an 80 year old with partial dementia learn how to use an iPad from cold start in about 15 minutes.
“Oh iPad too complicated you say? Well one time I saw an example where that wasn’t the case.”
