Feedback on PS3 wireless keypad for DS3?

[Michelasso]

Thanks everybody for answering. Unfortunately yesterday I had to go so I couldn't reply.

i have no trouble pressing the shoulder buttons with the keypad on the controller

Ok, that should be fine, then.

i use it regulary... never had any issues with it... I don't have fat thumbs so the buttons were not too small for me. The only issue i have is that I wish the keys were backlit. I can't see what i'm typing in a dark room.

I don't have fat fingers either, so I should ok from that point of view. At the end it shouldn't be worse than the keys in any old phone, should it?

Apart from obvious small keys issues, is it immediate enough to get into the chat in FF XIV? Or I still have to press many buttons making a mess as usual (like zooming the windows by mistake instead of typing in it. I am sure if Apple designed the UI it would have taken off half the clicks…

PS: I read now that the keys can emulate a touchpad. Does it work in FF XIV?

[Niwashi]

Apart from obvious small keys issues, is it immediate enough to get into the chat in FF XIV? Or I still have to press many buttons making a mess as usual (like zooming the windows by mistake instead of typing in it. I am sure if Apple designed the UI it would have taken off half the clicks…

I use a full-size keyboard rather than the one you're considering, but I assume getting into chat mode works the same. The / key that's used at the start of commands will put focus to the chat line, so I use that whenever I want to start typing. If what I'm typing doesn't need a / command, I just backspace over it, leaving focus there for whatever I type next. It's far easier than the [Select] [right arrow] [X] [triangle] or whatever it is to put focus there with the controller.

Just starting typing will usually put focus to the chat line, but not as consistently as the / key does. (I think the difference has to do with whether any other HUD elements have focus, but I'm not certain.)