I agree that sacrificing the normal arrow-key layout for language-specific keys is not desirable — neither in a functional nor an esthetic perspective (Norwegians don’t need Ö/Ä, and Swedes probably don’t need Ø/Å that much).

Although the argument about using the screen instead of the arrow-keys for “navigation” has some validity, that option will in some cases most probably be to inaccurate to be a fully functional alternative.

Another annoyance with the Nordic layout is the bad choice of merging period and the comma. Those are also very commonly used keys that shouldn’t have been messed with! And then there is the lack of an ampersand …

Here is a picture showing the differences on the Nordic layout.



I don’t desire the changes the Nordic layout imposes and unless the International layout can produce æøå/ÆØÅ width the help of a modifier / key combination, I’m not sure I want the device all together …

Is there anyone with the UK/US/International keyboard on the device that can visually confirm that the Nordic characters æøå can be produced in some way by the hardware keys?! For instance by first typing o and then having it changed, or holding a modifier when pressing o.

I’ve seen the Nordic characters produced on the screen keyboard, so I have a hope the physical keyboard can cope too …