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points by Datagenerator 1 day ago | 0 comments

Why does a standard European keyboard have two Microsoft keys and zero Euro keys?

Probably for the same reason a standard US keyboard doesn't have dollar signs on it. My "standard" European keyboard doesn't have Microsoft logos on it.

[–] AnimalMuppet 1 day ago

> Probably for the same reason a standard US keyboard doesn't have dollar signs on it.

Say what? Shift-4 gives me $, on a perfectly standard US keyboard.

[–] throw1234567891 1 day ago

You have one dollar sign. Not more.

[–] yourusername 1 day ago

Is this the setup to some joke? There is no standard European keyboard. Netherlands uses a combination of ISO and ANSI qwerty, France Azerty, Belgium a special Belgian flavour of Azerty, Germany Qwertz, etc etc.

[–] simoesd 1 day ago

Also, a lot of european-country-language layouts do have a Euro currency symbol, either as modifier+number or as alt+e

[–] crtasm 1 day ago

Yes, there's a euro symbol printed on my E key.