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I use a few European characters but I've found the best keyboard layout by far is the US key layout on a Mac. By using option you have access to all the special

by sgt 3y ago

I use a few European characters but I've found the best keyboard layout by far is the US key layout on a Mac. By using option you have access to all the special characters and modifiers you need. ü ö ø å æ ê é ... Very simple to find and you'll actually remember their positions because they are (somewhat) logically placed. At the same time, the US layout also has a very convenient setup for coding, and not any extra keys taking up space.

dkga 3y ago
I use the Swiss layout for the exact same reasons. Plus, it’s easy to find here in Switzerland. The only extra keys are the ones one uses a lot when typing German and French.
bartvk 3y ago
I'm sticking to US layout as well. What I find annoying, is that none of the Apple dealers in my country (The Netherlands) have stocked laptops with the US key layout. You need to order it online and wait a couple of weeks.
- mvdwoord 3y ago
  This has prevented me from quite a few impulse purchases of way too expensive laptops.. :)
- the_mitsuhiko 3y ago
  In Austria delivery of US keyboard laptops from Apple dropped from weeks to two days on the pro models so I think they are changing something.
- aequitas 3y ago
  I prefer the US international layout (with the standing return key) and it happens to be that the Dutch layout is just US international with a '€' sign printed on the '2' key as well. So I think I'm lucky in that regard.
maratc 3y ago
You don't even need to use Option — by long-pressing a letter, you have a menu opened with all the different options conveniently numbered. As an example for the letter "a": a1 is à, a2 is á ... a8 is ā.
- sgt 3y ago
  I disable that as it takes too long. I want the character now in approx the same time it takes to type another character. Nice option to have for some users though, I guess.
- jamesponddotco 3y ago
  That's probably one of the features I loved the most when using macOS. Wish I could find something similar for Linux, so I wouldn't have to keep switching between keyboard layouts when talking to people from the US and people from Brazil.

by sgt 3y ago

dkga 3y ago

I use the Swiss layout for the exact same reasons. Plus, it’s easy to find here in Switzerland. The only extra keys are the ones one uses a lot when typing German and French.

bartvk 3y ago

I'm sticking to US layout as well. What I find annoying, is that none of the Apple dealers in my country (The Netherlands) have stocked laptops with the US key layout. You need to order it online and wait a couple of weeks.

mvdwoord 3y ago
This has prevented me from quite a few impulse purchases of way too expensive laptops.. :)
the_mitsuhiko 3y ago
In Austria delivery of US keyboard laptops from Apple dropped from weeks to two days on the pro models so I think they are changing something.
aequitas 3y ago
I prefer the US international layout (with the standing return key) and it happens to be that the Dutch layout is just US international with a '€' sign printed on the '2' key as well. So I think I'm lucky in that regard.

maratc 3y ago

You don't even need to use Option — by long-pressing a letter, you have a menu opened with all the different options conveniently numbered. As an example for the letter "a": a1 is à, a2 is á ... a8 is ā.

sgt 3y ago
I disable that as it takes too long. I want the character now in approx the same time it takes to type another character. Nice option to have for some users though, I guess.
jamesponddotco 3y ago
That's probably one of the features I loved the most when using macOS. Wish I could find something similar for Linux, so I wouldn't have to keep switching between keyboard layouts when talking to people from the US and people from Brazil.