Comment This has been done (by Microsoft but what the hey) (Score 0) 389
Remember back in the days of MS-DOS 5 and manuals that actually contained information? Perhaps not, but I do. There used to be included full information on language layouts used across the globe and how to make your keyboard use them.
Anyway, to cut a long story short, Brazil had two keyboards and one was magnificent in its simpliciy and usability. It was a standard US keyboard but when wanted an "é" you typed "'" and "e", when you wanted an "è" you typed "`" and "e". It was beautifully simple to use until you wanted a "~" when you had to type "~" twice or a "`" when you had to type "`" twice which is hard to remember when typing at speed.
It was a good keyboard and I used it until Win95 came along and I had to use it to use Coreldraw 2. It may not be what you want because it uses the standard QWERTY keyboard.
Anyway, to cut a long story short, Brazil had two keyboards and one was magnificent in its simpliciy and usability. It was a standard US keyboard but when wanted an "é" you typed "'" and "e", when you wanted an "è" you typed "`" and "e". It was beautifully simple to use until you wanted a "~" when you had to type "~" twice or a "`" when you had to type "`" twice which is hard to remember when typing at speed.
It was a good keyboard and I used it until Win95 came along and I had to use it to use Coreldraw 2. It may not be what you want because it uses the standard QWERTY keyboard.
