Rainy75 is one of them.
Minor correction: their website says VIA support, which many might imply is also QMK support. That's not true because they didn't open source their qmk firmware
Real shame it’s like this. I know not everybody cares about QMK and most people are happy with basic via support but if you start using QMK features on your keyboards it’s impossible to go back to a basic keyboard without it.
So for me, the useful features of QMK are:
Combo keys: press a combination of up to four keys at the same time to output/trigger something.
Hyperkey: I've set my Caps Lock to be a hyperkey modifier (⌘+⌥+⌃+⇧) when held whilst maintaining Caps Lock when tapped.
Tap-dance: You can map difference actions to a single key when single tap, double tap, tap-hold and hold. So I have one key dedicated to multimedia; single tap is play/pause, double tap is media next, tap-hold is mute and hold is media previous.
There are more features, like layer tap, one tap modifiers. I use a 65% and they're already really useful to me, but some of these functions mean that even if you use a small keyboard, you can do so much more with it.
EDIT: I actually use vial firmware/software on all of my keyboards. It’s similar to via but allows for the above functions and more. Check if your keyboard supports it first though.
So much this, I'm using southpaw75 at work and now I can't stomach using standard issued keyboards without holding num enter as shift to access numpad shift layer
While Nuphy haven't straight up scammed, all the little things here and there add up. The AI ad, the bad customer support, the removing of bad reviews, and now this. Quickly becoming a do not recommend brand for me, which is shame because the gem80 looked promising.
A lot of wireless boards lately advertise qmk support when they really mean just via support.
Ok, let's start calling out those other boards/brands too.
Rainy75 is one of them. Minor correction: their website says VIA support, which many might imply is also QMK support. That's not true because they didn't open source their qmk firmware
Real shame it’s like this. I know not everybody cares about QMK and most people are happy with basic via support but if you start using QMK features on your keyboards it’s impossible to go back to a basic keyboard without it.
Which features are that important?
So for me, the useful features of QMK are: Combo keys: press a combination of up to four keys at the same time to output/trigger something. Hyperkey: I've set my Caps Lock to be a hyperkey modifier (⌘+⌥+⌃+⇧) when held whilst maintaining Caps Lock when tapped. Tap-dance: You can map difference actions to a single key when single tap, double tap, tap-hold and hold. So I have one key dedicated to multimedia; single tap is play/pause, double tap is media next, tap-hold is mute and hold is media previous. There are more features, like layer tap, one tap modifiers. I use a 65% and they're already really useful to me, but some of these functions mean that even if you use a small keyboard, you can do so much more with it. EDIT: I actually use vial firmware/software on all of my keyboards. It’s similar to via but allows for the above functions and more. Check if your keyboard supports it first though.
So much this, I'm using southpaw75 at work and now I can't stomach using standard issued keyboards without holding num enter as shift to access numpad shift layer
While Nuphy haven't straight up scammed, all the little things here and there add up. The AI ad, the bad customer support, the removing of bad reviews, and now this. Quickly becoming a do not recommend brand for me, which is shame because the gem80 looked promising.