Who fricking watches the keys while typing or gaming?!
Have you ever met a terminal with French layout?? Swap two or three keys and enjoy the fun of typing!
I use about 3-4 different keyboard layouts frequently. On each key there are 4 different letters (Shift/Alt). I know very well the several minutes long hunt "... where was the bloody question mark/ asterisk/ apostrophe/ tilde/ slash on this particular layout??" after which I sometimes give up and switch to another layout and back just to get one letter. And still I only use some 4-5 European languages, nothing special. (Not to speak about special signs that do not exist on any layout at all, but are needed in some situations too.) I guess it gets even more "funny" in Asia.
So, yes, people sometimes have to look at the keyboard and sometimes they really would like to know, how the layout looks like with Alt pressed... So I'd really welcome if I could have this luxury on any keyboard for a reasonable price and working well.
(BTW: It is said that the modern computer keyboards make many people's hands ill - unlike the old typing machines. However, I do not want to defend anything I haven't tried myself...)
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Who fricking watches the keys while typing or gaming?!
Have you ever met a terminal with French layout?? Swap two or three keys and enjoy the fun of typing!
I use about 3-4 different keyboard layouts frequently. On each key there are 4 different letters (Shift/Alt). I know very well the several minutes long hunt "... where was the bloody question mark/ asterisk/ apostrophe/ tilde/ slash on this particular layout??" after which I sometimes give up and switch to another layout and back just to get one letter. And still I only use some 4-5 European languages, nothing special. (Not to speak about special signs that do not exist on any layout at all, but are needed in some situations too.) I guess it gets even more "funny" in Asia.
So, yes, people sometimes have to look at the keyboard and sometimes they really would like to know, how the layout looks like with Alt pressed... So I'd really welcome if I could have this luxury on any keyboard for a reasonable price and working well.
(BTW: It is said that the modern computer keyboards make many people's hands ill - unlike the old typing machines. However, I do not want to defend anything I haven't tried myself...)