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KeyPulse is my take on a key press and mouse click counter. I have been tracking my keyboard usage using WhatPulse and WorkRave since around 2006. I remmeber averaging 50K presses per day at one point which seems insane! I think most of my communication was online via my computer as smart phones and messaging apps were not as prevalent at the time which contributes a lot towards that count. When I started programming on Apple platforms I though that it would be cool to write my own counter. This is a great app to write yourself because:
It's actually a very simple app that sits in the menu bar
This is mostly implemented in WhatPulse and others. But the coolest and latest feature I added was to playback mechanical keyboard click sounds each time you press a key. I recorded 20 or samples from my 2012 Das Keyboard with Cherry MX blue switches and play back a random sample when a key is pressed 😆 This is great because I love the clickity clacking of mechanical keyboards but I don't like carrying a keyboard around, I like the feel of the MacBook's keyboard. I also like the idea of being able to switch to a different switch sound on the fly (which I still need to implement).
Check out this video of KeyPulse clickity clacking on an Apple keyboard!
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First published on 2024-12-10
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