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Interesting. But we have to be clear here: It‘s not only about QWERTZ vs QWERTY. Many countries still have ISO keyboard layout: a tall return key and the left s
by chrizel 7y ago
Interesting. But we have to be clear here: It‘s not only about QWERTZ vs QWERTY. Many countries still have ISO keyboard layout: a tall return key and the left shift key is short (according to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QWERTY https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QWERTY). The US keyboard is different: the return key is wide and not tall, and the left shift key is also wider. If you once got used to the US layout, it‘s annoying to use an ISO layout, because your pinkies have to move a little larger distance to hit return and left shift, if you know what I mean. :-)
- j_4 7y agoOh! That's true. I think you have it a bit mixed up though. - ANSI is the same thing as US, it's the one with a long left Shift and single row Return - ISO is the one with a short left Shift, two row Return, and the [| \] key in two places I've certainly used both throghout my life, it seems both are common enough that I never paid it much mind after first learning how to handle a computer during early childhood. I just checked and out of the 5 keyboards in my home right now, 4 (laptops) are ANSI and 1 (standalone, my daily driver) is ISO.
- chrizel 7y agoOh sorry, you are right - I‘ve mixed up ANSI with ISO... thanks for the correction!
- cornishpixels 7y agoHonestly, this misses the worst part of the ISO layout. PUT MY \| BACK WHERE IT BELONGS!