The machine arrived with a multilingual keyboard instead of the familiar U.S. English layout he expected ... the Charter of the French Language. Regulations enacted based on it require vendors ...

is not adapted to an international keyboard like AZERTY.” But the government’s ambitions go beyond the French language. In its statement, the ministry said the layout should allow for regional ...

An example of a keyboard by Cherry that uses the new French layout. Image: (Cherry) The algorithm wasn’t solely responsible for the design of the new AZERTY keyboard layout, which now includes ...

Unlike English-speaking countries, France does not have a standardised keyboard in the same way we have the QWERTY layout. So although French keyboards usually follow a AZERTY layout, the ...

For roughly a century, France has been using the alternative AZERTY keyboard layout on typewriters and computers. But it doesn’t help people type in French easily, and the country has had enough.

With the French unable to cap up accented letters, or write crucial symbols – or those that are just useful like the euro sign – the government wants to tweak the keyboard’s layout.

With the French unable to cap up accented letters, or write crucial symbols -- or those that are just useful like the euro sign -- the government wants to tweak the keyboard's layout. While ...