If controlling the rotation and elevation of the deck gun with a joystick, using the rotary dials for fine precision, firing with a trigger, raising the periscopes and setting sub depth with a throttle quadrant, having a speed setting assigned to 10 different rocker switches, using toggle switches to raise/lower radar, and have my blow ballast button behind a safety flip cover (inspired by my accidental pushing on the keyboard....blowing my cover) sounds like an Apple move, I am curious what you think doing the above tasks with a plastic key with a letter on it is comparable to...
Definitely more realistic and less "dumbed down" to command my virtual sub with the same interface I use to write e-mails and search for porn, than an interface designed to virtualize and translate specific motion.
"Blow ballast Captain!?!?! But we are undetected and in perfect position to fire torpedo tube 1 and will be hunted and sunk by that destroyer 400 yards to port! Besides!! We are at periscope depth! Surely your finger must have hit the "E" key, which is only a centimeter away from the "W" key to select tube."
"Er yes, my mistake....Damn standard US-101-key alphanumeric keyboard placing such a critical stealth blower directly next to the select tubes key."
Sorry but I have strong feelings against the Apple philosophy so I had to respond with sarcasm!
Oh and a mod?? talking to the wrong guy... I just used the programming software supplied with the hardware to designate keystrokes