Ask HN: Should I teach my kids to type with QWERTY or Dvorak?

Re:Ask HN: Should I teach my kids to type with QWERTY or Dvo... by bjelkeman-again on Thursday May 16, 2019 @09:01AM (#19928565)

I use QUERTY and UK/US keyboard layout, and the just memorised the Option key combos for the åäö etc. was less hassle for me.

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Re:Ask HN: Should I teach my kids to type with QWERTY or Dvo... by DarkWiiPlayer on Thursday May 16, 2019 @09:05AM (#19928604)

Under linux I do the same, but under windows I have to constantly switch the layout to german, type ä, ö, ü or ß and switch back to english.

That's not the problem though; the annoying thing is when a PC is configured to only have the German layout available, so I constantly mix up Z and Y

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Re:Ask HN: Should I teach my kids to type with QWERTY or Dvo... by yitchelle on Thursday May 16, 2019 @03:03PM (#19931925)

This situation got me. Maybe I was rather tired when I did this. It was when one of the letters in my bank's password is a Z but I keep hitting the Y key. After 3 attempts, I got locked out and had to wait until the Monday to contact the bank!

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Re:Ask HN: Should I teach my kids to type with QWERTY or Dvo... by sundvor on Thursday May 16, 2019 @09:14AM (#19928691)

Or you could memorise the ascii codes and type e.g. alt+[keypad] 0248 => ø.

Edit: Is that what GP Bjelkeman meant by "option key combos"?

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Re:Ask HN: Should I teach my kids to type with QWERTY or Dvo... by jnskw on Thursday May 16, 2019 @10:18AM (#19929264)

On macos you can press <Option-u> followed by a vowel and you will get the corresponding Umlaut. (üäö) Additionally there are other combinations for accents and stuff like that.

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Re:Ask HN: Should I teach my kids to type with QWERTY or Dvo... by sundvor on Thursday May 16, 2019 @08:17PM (#19934849)

Thanks, that's good to know!

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