Grench
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The Pandora REMOVED the symbol keys as primary, broke the symbol pairs and scattered them all over. My layout doesn't REMOVE the numbers, it REINSTATES the symbols in their proper pairs as primary keys. Numbers, being naturally ordered, don't get messed up and scrambled like symbols do when placed on a Fn layer. Numbers naturally occur as strings, where symbols naturally occur in singles and pairs. It is LESS onerous to have numbers on the Fn layer VS symbols on the Fn layer.I agree some of the Pandora layout is a mashup but I don't think removing the numbers as primary is an improvement over it.
I have listed the benefits repeatedly. You see no benefit in:
Fixed symbol pairs so DosBox, QEMU and others don't have issues.
Symbols on top means SIMPLE diacritics.
Numbers and F1-F12 on the same Fn layer means that we get a 45 key PC gaming system with Fn-Lock engaged.
Symbols on top frees up keys for P+1 L+2 unencumbered German use WITHOUT encumbering English.
It isn't 'taking away numbers'. It is 'reinstating and allowing' everything that the Pandora LOST when they put the physical number row above the nubs.
They're still not properly paired. Better arranged, but still just as broken as the Pandora's.{ should be on shift+[, not Fn+W.In my most recent layouts in my sig, symbol pair arrangements are better, brackets { [ ] } in particular. Symbols for - + = _ as well are in more effective locations too.