Astralshy

@Tort Shuffle

There is a reason why I haven't drawn anything in a long time xD

@Rikifive

xD

Yes, for most ppl this a problem, but I'm used to type on a German keyboard which has been switched to English layout (see answer to Pony Flutters)

It's a necessary feature for me :>

@Pony Flutters

Nice to see you !!

Thank you!

Yes Y and Z keys have switched places on German keyboard. Y is one of the rarest letters you have in German language and it's similar to Z in English. So this swap of positions makes a lot of sense.

So for me as a programmer another difference makes much an bigger impact: The special characters (including brackets) have been moved to other positions. Typing this quickly with a high frequency is challenging. When I write a German text, I dont need those, but for programming ... this makes a big difference.

Therefore for programming I switch either to a full English layout keyboard or I just switch to English layout  in the computer settings.

Seriously though, that shortcut to swap layouts being enabled by default is a horrible design. It's especially problematic for older people - my parents tend to accidentally do that and they ask me what's going on and how to fix this.

I guess it's a problem for those, who normally use standard layout, but for you - in your country, that is - it's nothing unusual I suppose.  But yeah, it doesn't appear to be convenient for programming. I kinda wonder though, are these extra keys really that needed? We do have some special characters too, and they're simply hidden under standard keys. For example, to type "ś" we press [CTRL+ALT+s] or [RIGHT_ALT+s] - wouldn't something like this work for all German characters?  

Also on a side note, for polish words, we don't really use [Q], [X], nor [V] letters.  

That extra shift key for pinkie though, it's something I think I'd need very often. 👀 

@Rikifive

I agree that shortcut being enabled by default is annoying and a questionable decision. Especially since it's easy enough to hit it by accident. Though this is a window thing.

Yes, definitely on of those things which are very problematic for older people or all people who are less skilled with computers. My parents also encountered that problem a couple of times.

It's bit of annoying for me that's true: For programming a German keyboard is a bad decision or at least a challenging one, but for writing German text a German keyboard is of course the best decision. So Admittedly, when using for example latex then it's less of a problem, but I also dont have always that luxury either. .. Well, it's an imperfect solution for an imperfect world.

But yeah .. this windows shortcut is very annoying.

Let's share some annoyed ponies for this annoying shortcut being a thing