I did not realize this was a thing until I just switched to AZERTY which… despite being marketed as being “similar” to QWERTY, is still tripping me up

Edit: since this came up twice: I’m switching since I’m relocating to the French-speaking part of the world & I just happened to want to learn the language/culture, so yeah

  • PonyOfWar@pawb.social
    22·
    27 days ago

    QWERTZ, which is just the standard layout for Germany. It switches out Y and Z, adds Umlauts and changes the positions of various special characters.

    I’m curious, what made you switch to AZERTY?

      • ReallyZen@lemmy.ml
        8·
        27 days ago

        Belgian AZERTY has the @ on a different key than the French one. No, don’t ask.

        • zlatiah@lemmy.worldOP
          2·
          27 days ago

          Yup… I had a suspicion that the Belgian system will somehow be different, so thankfully I didn’t find this out the hard way. I could have almost bricked my laptop login password that way…

          Also it’s the first time I had to use my right hand to type the Alt key which is so trippy

          • ReallyZen@lemmy.ml
            2·
            27 days ago

            Well, when you aren’t shackled to your new keyboard, be sure to enjoy our beers, french fries and chocolates, they are truly unmatched anywhere!