To this day, it has been years now since Synapse 3 has been among us, the Synapse 2 software is still superior for, at least the older version of the Tartarus and Razer Nostromo (
Formerly Belkin N52) in a few key ways:
- MACROS ON SCROLL WHEEL
- With Synapse 2 software you can map macros on to the scroll wheel of the device
- With Synapse 3 YOU STILL CAN'T
- MACRO WILL COMPLETE REGARDLESS OF KEYMAP CHANGE
- With Synapse 2 if you kick off a macro on one keymap and switch back to a different keymap, the macro kicked off from the previous keymap will run until complete.
- With Synapse 3, once you change to a different keymap, the macro will stop running and not complete.
- DPAD SETTINGS NOT SEGRATED OUT PER KEYMAP
- This is an issue with BOTH versions of Synapse
- The user is unable to specify different DPAD configurations across different keymaps within the same profile.
- This means that if Keymap #1 you need only a 4-directional functionality, but in Keymap #2 you need an 8-directional functionality, it is not possible. You can only choose 1 type of DPAD directional functionality for ALL keymaps within a profile.
WHY DOES THE ABOVE HAVE ANY IMPORTANCE?
Well, first of all, users of Nostromo Older Tartarus pads wanting to upgrade to a new hardware device (
maybe with more buttons or some other Synapse 3 feature) will no longer have these functions. I have come across in my search of people who actually use the scroll wheel for productivity tasks in Photoshop (
for example) with macros. So this isn't just gamers we're talking about here.
Not able to have a macro continue until complete (
just because it was kicked off from a different keymap within the profile) also limits the functionality of the new Tartarus devices as well.
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