Answering the French one :
As other pointed : windows key would be better as a Cog (Framework logo) key.
And now to the tough part : the layout itself.
There are 3 major layouts in French (well 2 + 1 standard no one knows about) :
- Windows Azerty : it’s the one you proposed, almost everyone knows it, and it’s objectively bad.
- Apple Azerty : yes, Apple has their own azerty, the main letters layout is the same but everything is different regarding the modified keys as well as the numbers and other keys.
- The “new” standard that has been created for a few years now, which is better than the windows one but no manufacturer has ever printed it so we are bound to stay in a limbo state of keyboards were “we do things this way because we’ve always done it this way and everybody does it”… And people agree because they prefer using something bad they know instead of trying to learn a better tool.
So. If you want to appeal to the masses : propably windows azerty. If you want to start a new and better trend : new azerty. (note that the apple azerty is closer to the new standard than the windows one).
Now that the Azerty is out of the way, you can have a look at BÉPO which is an ergonomic French keyboard layout. I personally don’t use it but I know a lot of people who do. It’s objectively better than the two others but now it’s a very different layout and while going from one azerty to another is tedious but very doable; going from Azerty to bépo requires some considerate learning.
That being said, I’m pretty sure the tech-savy target audience of Framework would be more inclined to have a bépo than the average generic laptop user.
https://bepo.fr/
