Keyboard–switch database Changelog

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2016-02-16

• Support for local and wiki links, part numbers and behaviour types of switches; this data will slowly be filled in over time; presently there is no support for variant part numbers (e.g. Alps SKCL Yellow has different part numbers depending on colour or absence of LED)

2016-02-03

• Switch timeline graph cleaned up and extended to cover switch variants and switch series.

2016-02-02

• Switch timeline graph implemented.

2016-01-31

• Alphabetic headings on the brands page; once the browser world gets its act together, the headings will no longer be allowed to sit at the bottom by themselves.

2016-01-30

• Until now, keyboard listings in date order have been sorted by the earliest date found on keyboards. I have decided that instead, the greatest date found should be used instead.
• “Subsidiary of” added as an extra inter-company relationship.

2016-01-29

• Having come across a Cherry RS 7600 USB keyboard with an absurdly long part number (“Smart Board XX44 G83-6744LUZDE-0/05”), I’ve extended the length of a number of fields to accommodate unusually long codes. (I doubt that the entire of that information is really the part number, but since I do not understand the specifics I have entered it verbatim, since accuracy and reliability is key in this database.)

2016-01-24

• FCC grantee code reference page derived from the database (including a way to catch some of the ones I have forgotten to assign to companies)

2016-01-17

• More chipping away at the horrible data model to facilitate better handling of unnamed keyboards belonging to products, and to keyboards with a part number but no model number

2016-01-03

• Support (to some extent anyhow) for keyboards with no model name or number at all (and a plague on the offending manufacturers)
• Support for listing the FCC ID for a brand

2015-11-29

• A page listing all new keyboard entries within the past six weeks

2015-11-22

• Switch variant pages now include a keyboard list, and the switch name is included in the page title
• Switch series notes implemented

2015-11-15

• Preliminary switch variant pages (not of any public use right now!)
• Switch variants can now have long titles, and these are used in listings in place of the suffix; the suffix is now intended solely for keyboard listings to reduce the column space required, but will be used if there is no long title

2015-11-14

• Introduction of sub-brand relationships between companies; additional company relationships will be introduced once the implementation requirements are understood
• Brand pages would show the make name in brackets after unbranded keyboards manufactured by the brand; now they are marked “(unbranded)” instead
• Changelog
• Switch list page groups variants together now

2015-11-09

• Keyboard listings could show duplicate entries when more than one switch matched the specified display criteria

2015-11-08

• Creation and modification dates now shown as just the date (not including the time) and modification dates are not shown if they’re the same as creation dates
• Additional note on the front page about collecting all date codes if possible, for contributions
• Support for internal and external part numbers and serial numbers
• Keyboard page would show the family FCC ID even when the keyboard was marked as having no FCC ID

2015-11-03

• Corrections and tweaks to the dating help page
• Count of keyboards using each switch, shown on the switch, switch series and series list pages

2015-11-02

• Keyboard pages omitted the product name and link
• Switch page listed the series name link under the heading “Manufacturer”, and the manufacturer under “Brand”
• Switch pages omitted the list of switch variants
• References list for a keyboard, and variants of a switch, are now listed as bullets if more than one exists
• A page added illustrating how to date keyboards

2015-11-01

• Keycombo gains its own contact page
• Keyboard page FCC override was not working (keyboard FCC would not override family FCC ID)
• Bad hack to support switch series hierarchy (created so that Alps SKCL and SKCM can be grouped together)
• Full names, country codes and website URLs for brands

2015-10-30

• The no–FCC ID override was broken due to a defect in the database library
• Bullet images for switches on brand pages, and products in product listings
• Preliminary support for brand notes

2015-10-29

• Support for up to three reference URLs now for where this is needed
• Manufacturer inheritance is now working again on keyboard pages
• Front page updated with contribution information and database statistics

2015-10-28

• The main keyboard list now shows the notes column
• Keyboard lists now use the product brand where applicable, and sort by this brand also
• Manufacturer column in the keyboards list was linking entirely to brand 0
• Switch and switch series insertion now supports switch and series short names
• Family FCC ID override, for where keyboard families have an FCC ID, but a specific keyboard does not

2015-10-27

• The column set used by most keyboard listings is revised: serial number and PCB codes are added, and notes is reduced to an iconic column
• PCB codes column on the keyboard list page replaced with manufacturer column to improve click-through ease
• Keyboard listings (except for the front page) are now all shown in date order

2015-10-26

• Products are now listed on brand pages
• Items on brand pags are now sorted alphabetically
• Keyboards on brand pages are now shown in detail

2015-10-25

• Product pages list keyboards as just the model number, with the OEM in brackets afterwards
• Products page
• Keyboards list now sorts unbranded keyboards by manufacturer name
• In the keyboards list, makes inherited from the family were not shown for unbranded keyboards
• The new product year field did not appear on keyboard pages
• Dateline for keyboard families was incorrect (being taken from the brand instead)
• The switch list for switch groups incorrectly listed the variant name the switch itself, separately to the variants list that followed
• Switch groups and series would list keyboards multiple times where they had more than switch from that group or series
• Year ranges for product dates
• Product creation
• Association of keyboard with product during keyboard insertion

2015-10-24

• Switch series pages now list all keyboards using switches from that series
• FCC ID inheritance implemented
• Keyboard list page now shows PCB codes, while other keyboard listings now omit serial numbers
• Switches of disposition “normal” are no longer tagged “(normal)” in keyboard listings, as this was confusing and redundant
• On switch series pages, the switches list groups switch variants into the same row
• For page types that show details then children, the dateline is moved up below the details table for clarity
• Support for anonymous switch serieses (using name “*”); the series name is omitted in keyboard listings
• Completed the support for switches with no known series
• Correct creation and modification dates shown for switches (they were picking up the details from the series)
• Short names for switches and switch series
• When viewing keyboards for a given switch, the switch in question is not made into a link back to the same page
• Switch groups
• The set of years recorded for a keyboard is presented in numerical order

2015-10-23

• Read-only implementation of products
• Switch series pages implemented, and links to switch serieses¹
• Switch pages now show all keyboards using that switch

¹ Not having a separate plural for “series” gets tiresome.

2015-10-22

• Brand/manufacturer links implemented
• Links on switches list fixed

2015-10-20

• Keyboards can now be grouped by family

2015-10-18

• Keycombo is now operational and public