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For those who type on German keyboards or in German, there are a number of layouts that have evolved around the Neo 2 layout [1]. The main driving force is ergo

For those who type on German keyboards or in German, there are a number of layouts that have evolved around the Neo 2 layout [1]. The main driving force is ergonomics, but since not everyone works the same way, many variants have emerged (and still do) [2]. Interesting is the craftsmanship, including customized programs to optimize the layouts [3]. [1] https://www.neo-layout.org/Layouts/ https://www.neo-layout.org/Layouts/ [2] https://maximilian-schillinger.de/keyboard-layouts-neo-adnw-koy.html https://maximilian-schillinger.de/keyboard-layouts-neo-adnw-... [3] https://hg.sr.ht/~arnebab/evolve-keyboard-layout https://hg.sr.ht/~arnebab/evolve-keyboard-layout

tugu77 2y ago
German layouts with [ ] { } in such horrible positions are killing all joy when programming, especially in curly brace heavy languages. Changed to US qwerty 30 years ago, never looking back.
- f1shy 2y ago
  I always changed to ANSI layout, independent of the layout of the actual keys. Now I carry a HHKB with me, and connect through BT to whatever computer I want to work on. No matter what human language I write in (I do some) I prefer using accidents like tildes and umlauts with modifier keys.
- gsich 2y ago
  You don't save much. {} still requires a modifier key. You get [] for "free".
  - tugu77 2y ago
    There is a whole usability universe between shift and AltGr, the former being accesible with the other hand.