The French are going to get a new standardized keyboard, partly to protect the language. [1]
Would dropping circumflexes help creating a simpler keyboard?
[1] http://www.theverge.com/2016/1/21/10805562/france-change-key...
Would dropping circumflexes help creating a simpler keyboard?
[1] http://www.theverge.com/2016/1/21/10805562/france-change-key...
And the reform was deigned 25 years ago, so there is no link between it and the desire to create a simpler keybord.