Versus using an azerty keyboard or another French-specific layout? Yeah, it's a tad slower. But it's a hell of a lot quicker than trying to look up/remember alt-codes or something. Writing in 2 languages with one keyboard is never going to be optimal.
And 2-3 times longer? Most sentences in French don't have that many accents, the example picked was a rare one.
And 2-3 times longer? Most sentences in French don't have that many accents, the example picked was a rare one.