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I don’t think you’re right about the US layout being standard for programmers. It might be in some countries, but I’ve meet maybe two Danish prograamers that us

I don’t think you’re right about the US layout being standard for programmers. It might be in some countries, but I’ve meet maybe two Danish prograamers that uses US layout. The weird part about this layout is that you can use it for English, French, German and Swedish (maybe more), but leave out exactly one Danish characther making it useless for Danish. Why leave even add æ and ø if you leave out å?

jonsen 5y ago
I don't think we've met. I'm Danish. I use the US keyboard layout.
- Symbiote 5y ago
  I buy hardware for new staff in Copenhagen, and none of the Danish people ask for the US or UK layout. People from other countries are more likely to ask for an English layout, generally UK if they're from Europe (it keeps the ISO enter key shape) or US otherwise.
  - wink 5y ago
    Wouldn't say it's that rate, but I'm pretty sure less than 10% of German programmers use US intl, maybe 5%? I switched like 10 years ago and it's really a lot better, even if I have to customize it a bit to be able to type äöüß (via caps+aous). But I'm peculiar anyway as only my Linux/work machines have that, I still use a German qwertz on Windows on my gaming machine so I generally switch layouts once per day, which only works with different physical keyboards so it feels different ;)
    - Symbiote 5y ago
      Bear in mind I'm in Denmark, I'm sure Germans-in-Germany are different. Danish keyboards are obviously the default here, but it's usually not much hassle to get UK/US keyboards for laptops. Buying a laptop with a German keyboard is more complicated.
elros 5y ago
No idea about ø but æ is used (very rarely, to be fair) in French. Famously, it's used in the name Lætitia. We enjoy having characters that are important but comparatively rare, such as ù, which has a key of its own in the French keyboard even though it is used in a single word, "où" (meaning where), to differentiate it from "ou" (meaning or). I've always felt the key might as well say "où" on it :-)
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jonsen 5y ago

I don't think we've met. I'm Danish. I use the US keyboard layout.

Symbiote 5y ago
I buy hardware for new staff in Copenhagen, and none of the Danish people ask for the US or UK layout. People from other countries are more likely to ask for an English layout, generally UK if they're from Europe (it keeps the ISO enter key shape) or US otherwise.
- wink 5y ago
  Wouldn't say it's that rate, but I'm pretty sure less than 10% of German programmers use US intl, maybe 5%? I switched like 10 years ago and it's really a lot better, even if I have to customize it a bit to be able to type äöüß (via caps+aous). But I'm peculiar anyway as only my Linux/work machines have that, I still use a German qwertz on Windows on my gaming machine so I generally switch layouts once per day, which only works with different physical keyboards so it feels different ;)
  - Symbiote 5y ago
    Bear in mind I'm in Denmark, I'm sure Germans-in-Germany are different. Danish keyboards are obviously the default here, but it's usually not much hassle to get UK/US keyboards for laptops. Buying a laptop with a German keyboard is more complicated.

elros 5y ago

No idea about ø but æ is used (very rarely, to be fair) in French. Famously, it's used in the name Lætitia. We enjoy having characters that are important but comparatively rare, such as ù, which has a key of its own in the French keyboard even though it is used in a single word, "où" (meaning where), to differentiate it from "ou" (meaning or). I've always felt the key might as well say "où" on it :-)

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