What do you think which layout is more efficient in today's digital world?
@GregorGorjanc3 жыл бұрын
ColemakDH!
@george_kimani2 жыл бұрын
Since I'm using the German one I guess I'm already used to it though the US one should be a little easier
@Daniel-ze6hn2 жыл бұрын
Most Americans probably don’t even know that there’s other keyboard layouts.
@k3six2 жыл бұрын
yes and no actually. It kinda depends on what kinda job you have. As an example: my dad is an teacher in an international school in sweden. ( and yes, my dad and I are americans )
@Phicxtion2 жыл бұрын
Most Americans don’t know that there are other countries outside of America.
@suppar8066 Жыл бұрын
Or other countries than russia and china 😅
@42crazyguy Жыл бұрын
Oh wow it's an 'america stupid' comment so original. Well how's this: America smart.
@Penguinz4LOLZ6 ай бұрын
@@suppar8066 Don't forget the "country" Europe X=D.
@kylehazachode2 жыл бұрын
The English keyboard you have is like a hybrid British/US keyboard, quite unique. I'm American but prefer the UK keyboard layout. Nice big Enter/Return key, smaller shift and caps lock makes room for an extra key. I often need to type French or German words. For MacOS the option key makes it very easy to type German umlaut and French accents: opt+U (ü), opt+e (é), opt+` (è), opt+i (î). It's very intuitive. I'm not sure what the Windows equivalent is though.
@NachiketVartak11 ай бұрын
This is the standard US International layout. The US keyboard you are used to is probably the older US ANSI layout. It is easy to tell them apart from the size of the Enter key, which is larger in the US International layout.
@estebanduarte17922 жыл бұрын
Great and surprisingly niche video. Loved it. I have to choose between the German keyboard and US for a tech job in Germany now, and this helped a lot! Thanks.
@maryelizabethcallan3 жыл бұрын
Interesting to see this, Tom! When I lived in Germany, the biggest adjustment for me was the z and y differences on the keyboard. (Though that was 1997-2000…so there was not nearly as much work to do on the other keys in the various apps!). Now, if there was a button I could push that could help this American pronounce the “ö” correctly, I’d pay real money for that. (And a button to correct my dreadful German grammar.) 😂
@paperlessmove3 жыл бұрын
Oh Mary. When you find this button, let me know! I need it for my English too :D
@sanaiavahsocramotrotodarat67522 жыл бұрын
Mary, you can achieve both with AutoHotkey. And it doesn't cost a penny! :-)
@cybr_pyr82 жыл бұрын
why dont you simply switch the keyboard layout in windows with windows+space key
@_treegfx Жыл бұрын
Hallo :) Das Video war sehr informativ!
@dnsxwdn2 жыл бұрын
As I as a German am using an US (small but long enter key) or English international Keyboard (big enter key) my workflow for the ö,ä,ü is pressing the option key+u (which creates " ¨ ") and then the letter I want to transform into ö,ä,ü. For example ¨ and a for ä and so on. With this workflow im faster in writing than long pressing a for example. Im on Mac by the way. Don't know if this works for windows as well. Hope this is clear enough and helps :)
@Quixorion2 жыл бұрын
VIELEN DANK! Hab schon lange nach ein workaround gesucht
@iclonethefirst2 жыл бұрын
Does this only work on mac or is there a way for windows too?
@jesuszamora6949 Жыл бұрын
As others have mentioned, that isn't a normal American keyboard, which uses the ANSI layout instead of ISO. IIRC, this is called a "US International" layout, but in all my years, I've never seen one like that. Honestly, you have to go put of your way to find an ISO keyboard here in the states. While I'm at it, considering you seem to do lots of typing, I'm surprised you're using a chicklet keyboard. Dunno about you, but for prolonged typing, gimmie a full-travel keyboard any day. Preferably with some nice clicky switches.
@paperlessmove Жыл бұрын
Tom’s using a “clicky” keyboard in the meantime too 😁👍
@rafaelacosta820411 ай бұрын
I made up a custom keyboard in Ukelele. I combined having all the US keyboard keys such as [];' and so on with the ease of access of Ä, Ö, Ü and ß. So far is has been good. IMHO the German keyboard is not very kind to programmers but it is what it is.
@ExcelTutorials1 Жыл бұрын
that's very interesting! I am in the US, and I worked a bit with some people that were in Germany for a bit and have always wondered the difference between the two keyboards.
@toranshaw40293 жыл бұрын
I have a US layout on my current machine but I have also used an external German keyboard when I lived in Germany. Fortunately, however, I'm a touch typer, so it doesn't really matter (too much) what layout my machine is... only trouble is when I need a symbol I don't use so often, like |.
@artok38973 жыл бұрын
Howabout the swe/fin keyboard? It is qwerty and has öä.
@paperlessmove3 жыл бұрын
Thanks! But it misses the symbols as mentioned in the video, right?
@axeluri Жыл бұрын
This video was quite interesting! I'm currently trying to get use to with azerty because I want to improve my french typing, so coming from a qwerty keyboard (Spanish and English layouts) it's quite confusing, but yeah, is not that hard to be honest. Maybe someday when I'm done with french I might learn the qwertz layout!
@phil5980 Жыл бұрын
I love the z and the y switched.
@smoothie9931 Жыл бұрын
I like the UK layout. The position of @ and ", make the most sense to me. Weirdly though, my enter/return key is smaller, and my shift key is two keys long, which I prefer.
@akhilmax202 жыл бұрын
Hello, Can i know how i can buy a macbook with a QWERTY layout in germany?
@Dekaku11 ай бұрын
If people did care about writing speed, they'd be using neo2 keyboard layout for german text, as its buttons are placed in a way to maximize the amount of hand switching while reducing the amount of travel time, which in turn reduces the average time to write the next letter. It also has a ton of layers to benefit those who do a lot of science-related writing. You do need to learn something completely new though.
@dariogoetz4 ай бұрын
Or one of the more modern variants such as the "noted" layout of the neo layout family.
@brujyyy8 ай бұрын
You should check out the AZERTY French keyboard, the Mac layout especially (the windows one isn't at all, CTRL + ALT + 7 to put the AT sign lmao) is very convenient in a lot of ways, the only thing that is kinda annoying is "AZERTY" instead of "QWERTY" and stuff related to some symbols some are replaced by French accent letters
@M2S4L3 жыл бұрын
I am using the keyboard for programming. And now, after moving to Germany, this is the biggest dilemma I am having now!. For all my life, I only used the US layout keyboards. I tried my wife's MBA and almost lost all my hair! Now I am looking to buy an MBA as well. But, only the German layout MacBooks are on sale.
@paperlessmove3 жыл бұрын
I can feel with you!
@McpCosmO2 жыл бұрын
das deutsche layout ist eine fehlkonstruktion :) ich bin seit Jahren auf einem US layout unterwegs aber überlege diesmal bei meinem neuen MacBook mal "eng international" zu nehmen (nicht das uk).
@k3six2 жыл бұрын
ja, kauf auf jeden fall das "US international". Ich brauche es seit jahren und ich finde es perfekt. Aber das "US" ist auch gut, leider ist das "US" keyboard layout schwieriger für die "äöü" ( zumindest für mich )
@Q8Webmaster Жыл бұрын
@@k3six Why the US layout is more difficult for you with äüö ? I am curious 👀
@dariogoetz4 ай бұрын
Or just use the NeoQWERTZ layout, which has all the nice symbols right under your fingertips by using the caps lock key as modifier.
@JulianGanchev Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the useful, educational video Sir! A few days ago i purchased a laptop from one of the famous stores for computers and electric devices in Leipzig. They didn't tell me the keyboard will be German standard type. So now I'm wondering if they can purchase the same model but with a QWERTY type.
@ahmadnaufaldai3 жыл бұрын
Hi Tom, I also find this quite annoying but I resort to building several custom mechanical keyboards that gave me full control to relayout everything.
@paperlessmove3 жыл бұрын
Nice idea! Have to check it out how to build one myself ☺️👍
@george_kimani2 жыл бұрын
I use the German keyboard and I find it confusing...I'm learning something new every day
@blue_name_warrior3 ай бұрын
Thanks for your detailed insights. I'm developing a tool for single-key-tap switching language layouts (or IMEs). I thought it would be helpful for people living in Europe where they have a higher chance to dealing with multiple languages more than just two. I first searched videos about how French and Spanish cross-typing with English looks like (sorry, that order is just randomly decided lol) and I'm deeply disappointed about their carelessness to how much awful the special-characters-input shortcuts are, e.g. ctrl (bottom left) + backtick (top left corner). I don't know how often their special characters appear in their language, and even though I had a CapsLock->Ctrl/Esc remap, that still sounds insane to me. I mean, all of them, every most watched videos and I believe a lot of them are native French or Spanish speakers. Until I encountered this video from related suggestion, I finally understand the jokes about how German is "stubborn" and "strict". This is the gold character for improving user experience and human life. Oh, forgot to mention, technically it's a UK layout you're comparing with, I think. It's also very similar to a JIS layout which younger Japanese are also reducing its usage now.
@vanudenthibeau1462 жыл бұрын
I am from Belgium and I use azerty
@llrainll Жыл бұрын
Hi. I have a German keyboard. Can I simply switch the Z and Y on my mechanical keyboard?
@ThreelionsSFIV Жыл бұрын
Of course, but you need to use a software to make it permanent (OS or programmable keyboard)
@filtrakioldhorborn11 ай бұрын
the german keyboard layout is possibly the second worst, if you exclude the french one. besides y and z being swapped(i hate it) all the other keys are different too, it's as if they had to make it as unusable as possible for anyone else in the world. also, there's no reason for the return key to be that big. we should've all settled for the ANSI layout, and no i'm not american, it simply is superior.
@blackbot711310 ай бұрын
What makes it superior in your opinion? ISO has one more key, that seems like a good reason to use it. Also those wide shift and enter keys.
@Simone-pq4np3 жыл бұрын
Oh nein, jetzt hat das schöne neue MacBook die "falsche" Tastatur. Mein aller aller allererstes Notebook (Lichtjahre her) war ein US-Import. Ich habe dann die deutsche Tastatur eingestellt. Dann steht zwar nicht das auf den Tasten was hinterlegt ist, aber man hat trotzdem den vollen Umfang der Zeichen für die deutsche Sprache. Vielleicht ist das, da Du ja viel hin und her wechselst zwischen den Sprachen, eine Option für Dich. Falls das immer noch so funktioniert. Und Sorry, dass ich in deutsch kommentiere. Geht aber einfach schneller.
@paperlessmove3 жыл бұрын
Danke, Simone! Aber ich habe ja bewusst die US Tastatur gewählt da ich damit effizienter bin 😁 Vorallem das hin und herstellen wie du es beschrieben hast, empfinde ich als aufwendig und verwirrend wenn man die Tasten dann erneut suchen muss. Weiss dein Feedback und den Vorschlag sehr zu schätzen und es ist super wenn du für dich da die richtige Lösung gefunden hast! 👍
@LievenHanssen3 жыл бұрын
I don't mind at all you respond in German,, I'm a native speaker of Dutch, but we've all learned German during Middle and High School and even though I won't embarrass myself write in German here, I will say that I very much enjoy reading and listening to it. Switching between languages because of different task is a great idea!
@hansfruhwirth40443 жыл бұрын
With the english layout the next question is whether iso or ansi layout? If english layout i would prefer ansi. On a mac you can press ⌥u then aou for äöü.
@paperlessmove3 жыл бұрын
nice! Thanks!
@pjlynch38898 ай бұрын
I recently got a new German keyboard
@wernerpichler58883 жыл бұрын
having a QWERTZ- keyboard - old macbook pro - without Ö,Ä ,ß - maybe a suisse keyboard - - i have to longpress the O and choose from there to get Ö, same to Ä and ß
@Daniel-ze6hn2 жыл бұрын
The worst of both worlds. 😅
@pjlynch38899 ай бұрын
i got a german keyboard today
@0xANIMAx07 ай бұрын
big problem you cant qwerty layout when you live in germany...thats useless because of the ü ö ä...
@St.Stepasha Жыл бұрын
Und jetzt können Sie sich vorstellen, wenn eine Person nach Deutschland z.B. aus Russland gekommen, und benutzt De, Eng, Ru Layouts bei Mac und PC. Und dabei eine Tastatur von Logitech hat eigenschaften des Tastaturlayouts... Oh, Mann, es ist ca 7 Layouts gleichzeitig. Für Ukrainer, die benutzt Russisch und Ukrainisch ist es noch +2. Eigentlich habe ich keine Lösung. Ich möchte blind tippen für Geschwindigkeit, aber wenn man immer wechseln muss, geht es nicht.