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by dontlaugh 178 days ago
Sure, I’m familiar with the weird UK layout.
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jenadine 178 days ago
It is the US layout that stands out. The UK layout follows ISO 9995, which most other countries also follow.
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wpm 178 days ago
And I thank god every day we don't. The ISO keyboard is awful. Left shift is too important of a key to be 1u. I don't need a massive enter key that lives on two rows. Just insane choices.
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dontlaugh 178 days ago
The big enter key I do like.

But I’ve ended up using a split keyboard where every key is 1u. All language layouts map to the physical layout in basically the same way.

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happymellon 178 days ago
UK is fine.

Mac UK is shit.

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dontlaugh 178 days ago
It’s certainly a matter of opinion. I dislike the UK layout, except on macs where it’s just about ok.
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happymellon 178 days ago
They hide # behind additional key combination, and expose §.

It's awful.

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dontlaugh 178 days ago
# is in its proper place, if you grew up programming on a US-derived keyboard.

Some of the other changes aren’t great, I agree.

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happymellon 178 days ago
No its not.

Shift+3 does not give you #.

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