I use this too, and find it better in almost every way.
Swapping @
and "
is a mixed blessing since the quote is used quite a lot when coding, but then so is the @
. In prose I prefer to use US-style double quotes for quotations and leave single quotes for contractions, possession, etc, so I have to do that awkward shift-2 combo a lot.
Having an extra key is great for us coders since we use most of those weird glyphs (never used ¬
) and having easy access to #
is chefkiss.png.
ISO layout's tall enter key is great for touch typing since you don't need to be very accurate with your little finger and moving the | \
key next to Z
is much more convenient. I like the symmetry of the slash keys, too.
Alt-Gr make loads of shortcuts easier, although occasionally I want that key to be a normal alt instead.
Top one is ISO-UK:
Yeah, I was thinking it's like the "Voyager Has Left the Solar System" story - we've heard that several times over the years, and probably will again.