I’ve tried the new beta Synapse twice now, and both times I’ve uninstalled and gone back to Synapse 3 within an hour. I waited until the Tartarus Pro was supported and took the plunge to try the beta, but I wish I hadn’t.
I can’t understand why the beta spins up 10-20 sub-threads which take 20%+ of my CPU whilst starting, why I have to unplug and reconnect my devices (BlackWidow Elite and Basilisk v3) for Synapse can see them, why it crashes repeatedly, why it doesn’t see a linked application has been started, or how Razer has the temerity to say that the beta is faster, more stable, and has a new improved UI (which looks exactly the same as the Synapse 3). The only improvement over Synapse 3 is the speed with which the “Linked applications” system works; dragging and dropping an app is much much simpler, and the page doesn’t refresh its list of found apps every time you click out of it - caching is so much fun!
I’ll hold out with Synapse 3 for as long as I can. It works with my kit and is much, MUCH more stable.
Improvements I’d like to see:
- A simple option to change the scroll direction for the mouse wheel without having to do a reassignment
- Ability to assign a profile as a default when not running a linked application. Oh, and for that to actually work properly.
- Start-up speed
All of the above suggestions are already present in Logitech’s software. Maybe the Razer devs could have a look at how their system works and get some ideas?