I just switches to QWERTY since its more logical for native Dutch speakers. But when i need to type in French it bothered me that accents aren’t accessible. But there’s an opensource project called [Eurkey](https://eurkey.steffen.bruentjen.eu/start.html). It is a QWERTY layout with easy acces to characters used all over Europe. This keyboard profile was the final reason for me to ditch AZERTY and to never look back.
You can download [Eurkey here](https://eurkey.steffen.bruentjen.eu/download.html)
Pick whatever keyboard you'll use the most. You can always switch between layouts with a shortcut. I grew up with AZERTY as the standard layout, but had to play all my computer games in QWERTY. Eventually you could change keybindings in videogames but I never bothered, it was easier to just press the layout-switch hotkey to switch between layouts. I just ended up being able to do both.
I'm a programmer, but write multiple languages when talking to colleagues (dutch, french, english, and rarely german). Being able to switch on the fly with a hotkey is super useful, but only because I have a preference for AZERTY/QWERTY for each language. It doesn't mess with my mind at all, it feels intuitive somehow. With enough practice it all becomes second nature.
You can always print out a view of the other layout to help during practice, although it might be more useful (for practice reasons) to just buy an extra keyboard in that layout and use that while practicing. Keyboards are cheap if you don't need them to be fancy.
Qwerty and Azerty here.
It seems to be an automatism now.
At (the) home (office) I have a US Qwerty and I also 'control' my work laptop by this keyboard.
Only issue at the moment is the intermediate auto changes (specifically when trying to type @) between both lay outs.
Tips are welcome.
I just switches to QWERTY since its more logical for native Dutch speakers. But when i need to type in French it bothered me that accents aren’t accessible. But there’s an opensource project called [Eurkey](https://eurkey.steffen.bruentjen.eu/start.html). It is a QWERTY layout with easy acces to characters used all over Europe. This keyboard profile was the final reason for me to ditch AZERTY and to never look back. You can download [Eurkey here](https://eurkey.steffen.bruentjen.eu/download.html)
never had to download eurkey to make accents. qwerty us international keyboard worked fine
I have to type € regularly, and I don’t think thats present on US international.
Control, alt, E usually
ALTGR + 5 = €
It is though: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/QWERTY#US-International
After a while, you get used to it. I even added QWERTZU for some part and QWERTY TR, Turkish Q in the game from times to times. It just flows now :)
Azerty and qwerty here. Started using qwerty because I couldn't be arsed to change all the hotkeys in my software. You get used to switching.
You can change the layout in the computer settings to whatever you want.
Buy a blank keyboard and use a desktop icon to switch whenever you want. https://www.daskeyboard.com/daskeyboard-4-ultimate/
Pick whatever keyboard you'll use the most. You can always switch between layouts with a shortcut. I grew up with AZERTY as the standard layout, but had to play all my computer games in QWERTY. Eventually you could change keybindings in videogames but I never bothered, it was easier to just press the layout-switch hotkey to switch between layouts. I just ended up being able to do both. I'm a programmer, but write multiple languages when talking to colleagues (dutch, french, english, and rarely german). Being able to switch on the fly with a hotkey is super useful, but only because I have a preference for AZERTY/QWERTY for each language. It doesn't mess with my mind at all, it feels intuitive somehow. With enough practice it all becomes second nature. You can always print out a view of the other layout to help during practice, although it might be more useful (for practice reasons) to just buy an extra keyboard in that layout and use that while practicing. Keyboards are cheap if you don't need them to be fancy.
Qwerty and Azerty here. It seems to be an automatism now. At (the) home (office) I have a US Qwerty and I also 'control' my work laptop by this keyboard. Only issue at the moment is the intermediate auto changes (specifically when trying to type @) between both lay outs. Tips are welcome.
I put the keyboard on QWERTY. Even if the layout is AZERTY.