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The Z is irrelevant, the only physical difference is the big enter and the fwslash/pipe key just very slightly rearranged.
by the_gipsy 3y ago
The Z is irrelevant, the only physical difference is the big enter and the fwslash/pipe key just very slightly rearranged.
- nerdbert 3y agoThe main problem with the German layout IMHO, and all layouts in its family, is the infuriatingly tiny left shift key. The Netherlands has the same disease. I map the useless key next to it as a shift as well, at least that way I can type without getting pinkie arthritis.
- the_gipsy 3y agoI think most European layouts suffer from tiny-shift. Mapping it to shift is a good solution. I have a similar problem with a laptop but with Ctrl/Fn, but thankfully the BIOS let me remap it (the Fn key is not a "real" key to the OS).
- wink 3y agoI didn't say the Z was relevant, it's just how most people I know identify this layout, but fine. "German ISO keyboard?" And no, it's also not "just" the big enter and pipe (and the left shift). It's different, and cool if it works for you, I'm thrown off nearly as much when switching to a US layout on one of those as when I had been typing on US Intl for a while and then switch to the German layout.