German Dvorak Style Keyboard Layout Progress

Current Projects Page for "New Euro Keys"

This is the place where you can see projects evolve, as it moves along.

"It's all about progress, criticise what's here today, and make it better"

Page last updated: 25/10/2001

German layout now complete and ready for automated download (Currently only NT/2000/XP) in the main site, http://eurokeys.steveszone.com!

German Dvorak Style Keyboard Layout progress

(Most recent progress stages are at the top, with oldest at the bottom of the page)

Due to differing views and needs, the German Dvorak Style Keyboard Layout project has split neatly into not two main pieces, here are some bullet points noting the major differences:

The first type is the best one for most people. It has the same normal Dvorak keys, but using near 100% QWERTZ keycaps, while maintaing speed and ease of use, making sure dead keys are needed least. Go for the second type of keyboard if you are a newbie to Dvorak, as this has been designed with German in mind, but a lot of people I am guessing will go for the first type, as most will have used Standard Dvorak before.
Main key layout on the second type is different to standard Dvorak, but has minor alterations which could prove beneficial when typing in the German language.

Type one progress:

New Euro Keys German Dvorak Style Keyboard Layout, type one, v1.1

No, it's not just a beautifully cleaned up and more understandable image of v1.0!

Differences between v1.1 and v1.0 (type one):

\ moved onto Ä key as an AltGr.
? is now available unshifted.
ß is now available just by shifting the ? key.
And of course, I have cleaned up the image of the layout from the last revision, and it looks far superior, and the colour coding allows you to see and understand key usage.