Principles for Keyboard Layouts

Re:Principles for Keyboard Layouts by bradley13 on Monday April 29, 2024 @08:33AM (#40197457)

For me, it somehow happens all the time. Helping out co-workers, friends or family. Using a different workstation than usual (we no longer have assigned desks). Sure, you can mentally "switch" layouts, but it's a pain.

Then there's the reverse: My PC at home - wife wants to check something quickly without turning on her PC.

Finally: I regularly use both a PC and a laptop. Depending on how weird you want the layout to get, there may not be a way to use it on the laptop. Schlepping an external keyboard around - nope, not practical.

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Re:Principles for Keyboard Layouts by eviks on Tuesday April 30, 2024 @01:28AM (#40207528)

The reverse is solved with a single button activating the default qwerty layout?

The direct with family is similar - you can have an extra layout installed

So the leaves even fewer cases where you really have to switch (but unfortunately not 0, no easy mechanisms to just easily switch to a some downloadable layout named after you on the fly at any computer)

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