Keyboard print layouts and functionality

[nidajeny 0]

Just here to show my support and make my voice heard. +1 for Swedish layout with ä, å and ö.

[Zimeon 11]

Here to join with a vote for scandinavian layout. Right shift is not needed so EskeRahn layout mockup is better. Letters could have a print with æ/ä, ø/ö and å. æ/ä should be on the right side and not left imho.

[EskeRahn 5,350]

zimeon Many keyboards with common Scandinavian layout crack the problems with three colours. Swedes, Danes and Norwegians can (at the least) all agree on the Å should go next to the P. and in Swedish ÖÄ goes left of the L. But unfortunately Danes and Norwegians disagree on ÆØ or ØÆ left on L....

(for readers outside Scandinavia: Ä=Æ and Ö=Ø)

 

The Norwegian approach of placing them as the Swedes makes much more sense than the Danish swap.

 

I would certainly prefer the keytops with scandinavian print too, But I would MUCH rather have an international 'blanked' layout, where I had to memorise the few, than having to let do with the PRO¹ take on the US layout and 'odd' placements of our national letters.

And even though I hope all the best for this project I have my doubt if there will be enough Scandinavian buyers to sustain a special variant of the keyboard without a heavy surcharge.

So my suggestion was partly a 'fall back' solution, and partly a base keyboard for national/regional layouts, if enough buyers are available.

[raphaelcno 21]

Yes, I also agree with EskeRahn.

[nidajeny 0]

Empty keys might be fine. But I do like the quality feeling from the n900. L followed by Öø, ä with printed keys.

Still hope it is possible to solve. But if that isn’t possible I do underand why.

 

 

 

 

 

[Joddsus 0]

I agree with eskerahn as well. And if we don't get scandic layout I hope there will be an easy way to map the keys.

[jjvdgeer 0]

I also very much would like a scandic (norwegian) layout. I too like eskerahns suggestion best.

[fxtec4 0]

I love the BB K1 - every single HW key can be mapped for short and long keypress from home screen to different apps, i.e. you have 52 shortcuts.

For me, it is important to have possibility to define own layout. I use mostly US layout with CZ layout in qwerty. But CZ layout has as standard qwertz. If I can choose different mapping (CZ qwerty), then OK. I don't need the labels on HW keys same as currently selected layout, I can remember the keys and I don't look at the keyboard during writing, so I would prefer to be able define my own layout for the HW keyboard.

[vilma.hallikas 0]

+1 for EskeRahn's suggestion.

[o.alaheino 0]

yeah i wont buy the phone if it doesent come with a keyboard that has åäö

[fredrick91 0]

Created an account to say that I'm looking forward to a Swedish keyboard layout. :)

[Kipe 0]

I very much agree with EskeRahn's idea about the layout. I would prefer printed layout, of course, as I need ä with even my name, but even having the blank keys would be much better than having keys in weird places or having "wrong" markings on the keys.

[EskeRahn 5,350]

I also hope we will be able to map the keys after our personal preferences, and hopefully in a way so the nerds amongst us can share the layouts for the benefit of the less tech savvy users.

[vlada 0]

Because there will be a lot of users from another countries the most needed keys is the accents.

This is very big problem on every sw keyboards. The accents key is missing even it is very simple to add it. I did not find such an kyeboard. So the users must press the key and wait until the characters are shown and then slide. This is "VERY" slow when you want to write with accents.

Hope the hw keyboard will have one key for accents or the shortcuts for accented characters

[EskeRahn 5,350]

tehtavienhallinta well I agree that it is important that we can type the national letters. And preferably with national print. But would it be a deal breaker for you if a few keys gave what you expected by the standard national layout, and not what is printed on the key tops? In my suggestion we are talking 5-6 keys.

 

[Joddsus 0]

As long as I can map the keys easily I don't really care what they say tbh, but a "normal" scandinavian layout would ofcourse be preferable.

[nidajeny 0]

Is swedish or nortic qwerty planned for this summer or more of a work in progress for the future?

[maki.jouni 0]

 

How about Fin/Swe/Nordic layout keyboard like this. And another color forsymbols for example orange symbol from from number keys and as already yellow from alt + something. Colors might be some other than yellow/orange. That theres no change of they look like same. Or like on laptop keybord symbols have own place if the came with sift or alt.

[peter1 0]

When can we expect other keyboardlayouts?

[VaZso 1,988]

@Vlada

For this reason I used the blue modifier key on N900 for my own keyboard map to write letters which has accents (so áéíóöőúüű).

That way I was able to type very fast using its hardware keyboard.

 

I expect a similar behaviour using this device as software keyboards method of waiting / selecting another letters is really uncomfortable.

[TeZtdevice 237]

f(x)tec is working on it (certification etc.)...it will be announced soon (I think, perhaps in about 4 weeks).

[Bubblejunk 0]

Just replying here to show support for scandic layout +1.

 

[rdm 0]

ich freue mich schon. hoffe die Kamera ist auch nicht so schlecht.

 

[dreamflasher 120]

This is so great that this is happening! Please also take into consideration the data of the moto z keyboard mod layouts. I'm now the first here to request German QWERTZ but this was the most requested on the indiegogo campaign. Thank you!

[Slion 1,200]

I'll need AZERTY.