PDC wrote: ↑Mon Jul 15, 2019 3:49 pm
Dallas wrote: ↑Sat Nov 24, 2018 3:15 pm
JasBarrow wrote: ↑Sat Nov 24, 2018 3:00 pm
looks like i'll have to get one then!
last question on this can it be used to action other things on your pc like when youre not using BA can it be used for openingfiles and launching chrome etc...?
Yes almost anything can be assigned to a button which is why I miss it so much when I'm on my laptop,
If you look at the 2nd image I posted yesterday I have set mine up so the icon at the top left opens google for me, while at the bottom left next to the BA icon the 'windows tiles' icon opens a new layout where I have all the following windows based apps I use most configured
So with it being Prime Day I thought I would look to see what deals are on and I see the Stream Deck 15 button option is reduced from around £140 to £99, not as good as the £90 it was a while back as documented on this thread but still a good 40% off what it normally sells at.
Now I am tempted to get one but don't think I would use it for my trading as I use my gaming pad for that and can't see this replacing it for that purpose as my hand sits permanently on the gaming pad which I have all the functions I need hot key'ed in and I know the buttons without having to think or look.
So, I was interested more in it from a general computing use and would be interested in Dallas etc giving their views on it from this view point now they have had it for some time.
I use a series of about 4 excel files constantly so it would be handy to have them assigned to keys on it (I assume it could do this), also could it be used to activate Excel split screen vertical on one button and horizontal on another as these are two things I use a lot in Excel?
But other than that I am not really sure what else it would come in useful for?
I would be really keen to hear what people who have had it for a while now think of it, in particular if you have a gaming pad as well and how you have found you use the two?
Thanks
There are loads of options on it, for what I need I've only used the same 3-4 functions so not really investigated all its other capabilities
When I get 5 minutes later tonight or in the morning I'll have a play about with to see if it can do some of the things you've asked about, I should imagine specific excel sheets or any file, image etc won't be a problem to assign to a button.
Also, the split screen should be doable, its aimed at gamers and YT'ers so I imagine that's something they'd want to do.
I do still have a multi-button gaming mouse but tend to use a regular mouse alongside the stream deck now so I sort of traded 2 handed (mouse in 1 stream deck in other).
To give you an idea of how I use mine I have multiple profiles set up so in that image if I push the BA logo that opens a new profile with 15 new short cuts all for navigating and opening stuff in BA like Guardian WL's etc, a button is dedicated to servants and when pressed will open yet another profile which has just all my Servants at my fingertips.
Going back out to that image above the firefox logo in the top right opens the web for me, I then have a profile with all my regular sites etc.
I think I now have around 8 profile with up to 13 shortcut buttons on each (I use 2 buttons on each to switch back and forth to other profiles quickly) so can be a handy bit of kit for many things