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by bvinc 1227 days ago
Why did they feel the need to move the backslash key?
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That's the UK layout -- if you go to customize it and select the US one, it's where you'd expect it to be.
Now imagine having to hold Shift to type numbers.

AZERTY is a crime against humanity.

You're looking at the UK keyboard. For some reason they have it next to the left shift.
I live in the UK and can’t stand that crackpot layout that thinks the paragraph mark and the negation sign trump bacquote and tilde, so I buy my laptops from the US, except for Apple who allow you to choose your keyboard layout as an option.
We like it there
This is why my country declared its independence.
Independence Day.

4th of Ju\y