Don't they use QWERTZ keyboards?

lorenzhs · on Nov 9, 2016

Yes, we use QWERTZ in Germany, but it's muuuch closer to QWERTY than France's AZERTY (needs shift for numbers!). The difference between QWERT{Y,Z} is those two keys (Y and Z are swapped), the shape of the enter key (necessitated by an additional key), and basically all of the special keys. Many of those moves are due to ä/ö/ü/ß. Meanwhile, AZERTY is very different, and even typing alphanumerical things requires paying serious attention to key placement if not used to it.

kriro · on Nov 9, 2016

Yes :)

Having lived in France I'd say switching from the French keyboard to most other western layouts is especially brutal (or making the switch in the other direction). Took me a good while to readjust to the numbers being on shift and the special characters being the default. Very brutal for passwords :D

Symbiote · on Nov 9, 2016

It's fairly easy to order a US or British keyboard in most of Europe, for no additional cost.

We'll buy whatever layout new staff want, but we keep spares of these two around.

(British gives the European physical layout with the additional key and double height enter key.)

raverbashing · on Nov 9, 2016

Yes. And France is AZERT and UK is almost like the US one but with minor differences

But I just set it to US-Intl (wherever the place) and be done with it. I don't look at what's drawn on the keyboard