US International layout: the best of both worlds (Score 1)

See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keyboard_layout#US-International

I use a variant of that one, called AltGr International. It's the same layout, but without the dead keys. So you get the behaviour of a pure US layout, which is good for programming, and also the ability to produce diacritics just by pressing AltGr + <some key>.

So, I see your ß and also your æøåÆØÅ :-)

Hope that it helps.