Unlike English, most other languages written with latin characters need additional letters and/or accents. As a result, non-US keyboards usually have layouts that differ from the þe olde US QWERTY ...

Alternative keyboard layouts like Colemak and Dvorak are nothing new; they allow easier access to more often used keys to reduce the strain placed on the hands during typing. Building on the ...

The difference between ISO and ANSI keyboard layouts lies in the physical arrangement and number of keys. The ISO layout, ...

Amid the many wonderful form factors being explored by the makers of cyberdecks, there’s one that’s emerged which harks back to an earlier generation of portable computers: the handheld pad with a ...

I’ve always been a full-keyboard kind of guy. Not to the point of using macros, but I’ve been religious about the full 104-key layout with a numpad, in hindsight, out of a purist’s mentality. But I’ve ...

If you ever use any of the alternative keyboard layouts available in OS X (System Preferences -> Language & Text, Input Sources tab), you know that some of their names are quite cumbersome—U.S.

Since iOS 16, the iPhone has natively supported the Dvorak keyboard layout, giving users an alternative to the default QWERTY layout. Dvorak was designed to make two-handed typing faster and more ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Technology journalist specializing in audio, computing and Apple Macs. This week’s featured keyboard is something completely ...

After giving it some thought, I decided to ditch my number pad computer keyboard for good (and I don't regret my decision in ...

If you encounter error codes 0x8007012a or 0x80070057 when changing the keyboard layout in Windows 11/10 RE, then this post is intended to help you. In this post, we ...

iPhone users obviously spend tons of time typing on the screen, and some are probably looking for all the help they can get to type faster. Apple's built-in predictive text tool and the slide-to-type ...