Wootility v4.6.5-beta Feedback

[sullen patio]

[tender saffron]

🐸

[severe basin]

big

[obsidian mirage]

woo

[delicate onyx]

[red pelican]

meow

[past flicker]

[bold burrow]

[tender saffron]

is notion lagging or sum

[frail moat]

Y

[tender saffron]

Z

[delicate onyx]

why is the software built in electron js?

its so weird

[red pelican]

nah its fine for me

because its technically a webapp, is my guess

webUSB my beloved

[delicate onyx]

usually drivers are using kbdclass.dll and system api calls for operations

this one is just the whole software localhosted using web packages

[red pelican]

im not gonna pretend i know how wootility works, but i was under the impression that the ARM chip on the device handles custom logic and just sends to the OS whether its a keyboard or joystick, the wootility just sends commands to the arm chip (presumably webusb, a chrome feature, hence electron, since chromium engine) to make it do things differently, its customization not a driver

[warped wigeon]

yooo new wootility, very pog

[reef helm]

@sullen patio hopefully this does not pull you away from something important, but thank you for getting that simple RGB request in, Wooting is king

[sullen patio]

This pretty much. That's why Wootility web and Wootility desktop are virtually identically, because the keyboard does everything and Wootility is just a configuration interface

(btw we use WebHID not WebUSB)

[red pelican]

webhid is essentially lower-level webusb isnt it

[sullen patio]

Higher level I guess? As HID is a layer on top of USB (or Bluetooth)

[red pelican]

might need to read on that then

ah kk

[earnest quest]

when will the new firmware (stable) be released?

[sullen patio]

The new stable firmware will come along with the release of Wootility v4.6 to stable

[earnest quest]

so tomorrow?

[sullen patio]

That's the plan, at least at the moment 😄

[earnest quest]

oh okay, do we need to upgrade? i am on the latest firmware, Im just afraid of upgradfing it might break it

[sullen patio]

The latest beta firmware will likely be basically identical to the stable release I'll be doing. So should be safe to update, you may just need to adjust some RGB effect settings

[earnest quest]

Oh okay, thats good to hear. I dont have rgb enabled anyway, I just have the AOE set to 70%

[earnest quest]

what do you mean ill be doing? or is it auto correct?

[reef helm]

Meaning when he releases the stable build tomorrow

The current beta build is identical to the coming stable build, usually how Simon has done it since Ive been here

[earnest quest]

For firmware correct? Just want to double check

[reef helm]

Yes

What it would look like if you had the current beta he released today

[worn quest]

is there going to be keybinds for multiple keys like ctrl + o on 1 key

[earnest quest]

Okay, and when they say tomorrow do we have a time? I am in NA pst so I’m not really sure

[warped wigeon]

I suppose it's easier to build "user intrafaces" or something ¯_(ツ)_/¯

[reef helm]

I mean the beta is the stable..what is with the rush?

[reef helm]

That would be something for Wootomation to handle, it seems they wish to keep Wootility light as possible

Which imo is a w, we don't need bloated software like the big guys

[earnest quest]

Just paranoia I guess with other products, had bad experience with “beta” stuff

[reef helm]

They are usually on top of all bugs, the team from my experience has been amazing so far

Sometimes it takes them longer than some would like, but it gets fixed

[earnest quest]

I’m on the latest beta rn, no issues except one time I had to replug my keeb a month ago bc typing would feel laggy

Just afraid of tricking my keeb

Bricking*

But I heard it’s the same firmware basically

[molten palm]

Consider making 3 digit hex codes work

#fff should become #ffffff, not #fff000

[bold burrow]

cool new RGB combo a0fbec43daf8c9475794a5fb04966a0a8b1b

[sullen patio]

You can do this using DKS currently, I plan to add a simpler 'Hotkey' or 'Shortcut' Advanced key

[earnest quest]

Still plan for todays release or nah?

[sullen patio]

nah, going to wait til Monday morning. Had a few bits come up that made me worried about my weekend if I pushed it today lol

Although I did push a new beta build with a few fixes

[earnest quest]

Thanks for the hard work ❤️ Love the wooting team

enjoy your weekend

[glacial vector]

has anyone had any issue where they needed to update through the firmwares one by one? or is that intended?

[sullen patio]

You would've ended up doing that if you tried to update your firmware before updating your Wootility

[glacial vector]

oh i was always going to beta.wootility.io though which is weird. could it have been something as easy as clearing my cookies and/or doing a hard refresh (ctrl-f5)?

i think i remember that fixing wootility issues in the past

[royal hinge]

I bought a 60he ansi recently and i was trying to change the action of a key to a ñ but there's no option in the app. Is there any chance this can be added?

[glacial vector]

~ here take this

[cedar rampart]

is the stable version still not here?

[glacial vector]

let it cook for the weekend

[unborn sinew]

is it me or does this beta make the 60 he warmer

[glacial vector]

not what i meant by cook

[sullen patio]

It shouldn't, unless you're doing something more crazy with your RGB effects maybe

[unborn sinew]

same rgb effects from every beta so i dont see how it would affect it. : solid color

[sullen patio]

Hmmmm, could just be a coincidence then