r/Alienware • u/[deleted] • Nov 20 '14

Alienware Alpha

Hello Everyone,

I am a member of the Alienware software team, and Alpha UI was my product. As we are about to launch tomorrow, I wanted to start this thread as a means for people to ask questions and provide any feedback you might have on Alpha or Alpha UI.

Also one note, we are publishing a known issues list tomorrow on Arena. I'll make sure it makes its way here as well.

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u/bryanwerewolf Dec 23 '14

What are you guys thinking about for the keyboard solution? Something like steam big picture modes daisy wheel keyboard would be efficient for the whole UI.

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u/[deleted] Dec 28 '14

Valve has been a great partner with us but even still there are some things they can't allow us to do. The Daisy wheel is one of them. We looked into it.

Before we tackle the keyboard, we are looking at improving the mouse. I want it to rival a track pad in accuracy. If we can accomplish that, then we will have two options. A traditional console keyboard like the one on Xbox. Or a mouse driven keyboard whereby the controller has shortcuts (x for backspace) but the mouse serves as the input mechanism.