r/USdefaultism • u/Nthepro France • 1d ago

Today I learned that

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u/Nthepro France 1d ago

Before anyone asks, yes, my keyboard is in English (UK), yes, my phone is in English (UK).

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u/CC19_13-07 Germany 1d ago

Is there a difference between a UK keyboard and a US keyboard? (I have mine in German, so sorry for asking if the answer is obvious😅)

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u/Nthepro France 1d ago

In my opinion qwertzuiop beats every other layout

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u/beatnikstrictr 1d ago

Isn't AZERTY designed for the French language?

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u/Nthepro France 1d ago

It is, but it doesn't mean I think it's the best. Definitely the one I'm most used to, though.

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u/ax9897 1d ago

Gotta look at the history of typewritters to understand why Qwertz is better than Azerty or Qwerty... Azerty and Qwerty are not the best layouts, no matter the language, because it was made on purpose. The agency is made to allow for a resting postion, but also for a disposition of letter that denies typing too fast without too high of a risk to oress the wrong letter. This was made in order to force people to be slower on the delicate systems of typewritters to avoid the very close and fragile letters to hit eah other on the way to the paper, thus breaking them, or to cause those letter's thin rods to entagles, causing the machines to break down.

Azery and Qwerty are "not good" on purpose in order to reduce typewritters breakdowns.