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Free Keyboard Remapping Software
For a long time I have been meaning to include this
nifty tool on my website for people to download but never got round to
doing it till right now.
What pushed me? I was reading someone's
blog on how
Dvorak is better than Qwerty and I was reading the comments where someone
mentioned the Ctrl+C & Ctrl+V shortcuts.
I also use Dvorak and, yes with the dvorak layout these
shortcuts
are more difficult to use.
But when I switched to Dvorak I bought myself a nice Microsoft
ergonomic 4000 keyboard and it has 2
nice buttons right up front which I
remapped to copy and paste respectively so I can now perform the operation
in a fraction of the time as I just click a button to copy and one to
paste. (update about this keybord at the bottom of
the page)
Which brings me to this piece of software.
I had thought: "why not remap the right Alt key to
Enter so I can hit it with my thumb instead of reaching out with the
little finger?
And the backspace is also very far for the little
finger so I could have the silly right hand Win key to act as Backspace??
Is that possible?"
Yes, it is. I searched the net and tested all kind of
software for a few weeks and eventually I found this little gem that's
1 very intuitive to use
2 Free
3 Can be redistribuited
So here it is :) Download Keyboard Remapping Software
Btw, after much testing I found the Right Ctrl key
works better as a Delete Key too! Enjoy.
UPDATE:
Autohotkey is also a good tool.
Free.
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This is about the sensitivity issues on the Microsoft 4000 keyboard.
The keys never had a very good feel on this keyboard.
They seem too springy, they require quite a bit to press down, they have
too much travel and they come up without any damping, just like a car's
shock absorbers when they are shot.. and if that wasn't enough, since I
purchased it, the C key never worked too well.
It requires pressing it down a bit more than the other keys, right till
the end. This is the i key on Querty.
I dealt with it till now, when the L key started doing the same thing.
That's the P on Querty.
I could handle one key but two?
So I searched the net and found that some people had the same problem and
just sent it back. I have all sorts of keyboards but I like this one I
use this the most so what to do, buy another?
I solved it by levering the key out with a screwdriver and inserting some
cardboard in the hollow tube that's behind the key.
It now takes a *very* soft touch to get those two keys to work, I
might experiment by having a small tube of rubber in there and when
found what works best I might do this to all keys in order to
limit their travel.
I am now not afraid of hitting that C or L key, they are the best
keys I have till I hack the rest of them!
Btw,
HERE is a post on how to get the zoom slider to scroll. I actually
have it to select all & cut (only for when using firefox). |
