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Posted by The Rabbit (Member # 671) on :

The z and the y are switched on German keyboards. The @ symbol is invoked using and alternative capital on the Q and the various brackets and slashes have been moved to accomodate ü ö ä.

I'm spending the summer working in Münster Germany. Just in case anyone was wondering about my unusual hours of late.

[ June 08, 2004, 10:16 AM: Message edited by: The Rabbit ]

Posted by Richard Berg (Member # 133) on :

The hardest problem for me was that I could never remember where they stuck the pipe. How can you live without pipes?! Also, Model-M style return keys seemed a lot more common (I don't like them).

Posted by BlueJacsFan (Member # 6590) on :

I had the same issue in the Czech Republic when I was teaching English. I don't think I ever typed up a test that didn't include at least 1 "mz" in it.

Posted by Professor Funk (Member # 5608) on :

I had problems in Mexico due to the lack of an apostrophe. It's one of those little grammar devices where you don't know what you got till it's gone, you know? [Smile]

Posted by Bekenn (Member # 6602) on :

You think that's screwy, try typing in Dvorak. Only the A and the M (and the numbers, ~, and |) are in the same place as in QWERTY.

I made the switch from QWERTY to Dvorak five or six years ago, and haven't looked back since.

Posted by Corwin (Member # 5705) on :

French originqlM
Iùve got q French keyboqrd: Thqnk::: zell::: ?icrosoft; for hqving q Zindozs option to use it qs q nor,ql AZERTY one 1

English translation:
I've got a French keyboard. Thank... well... Microsoft, for having a Windows option to use it as a normal QWERTY one !

Posted by BlueJacsFan (Member # 6590) on :

Of course, without a Czech keyboard, it's impossible to type Dvořák without resorting to Unicode character mappings. [Razz]

Posted by Bekenn (Member # 6602) on :

True enough, but the point is that it's clearly superior to all other layouts. So there. Nyah.

[ June 08, 2004, 11:22 PM: Message edited by: Bekenn ]

Posted by imogen (Member # 5485) on :

oooh, I hated the . masquerading as an : on french keyboards.

And it's really hard to find a full stop - I think it involved shift, which I think is dumb dumb. My little finger hurt after a long email, due it's extra shifting duties.