why are the letters in the keyboard unarranged in alphabetical order?

Answer 1

The layout of the keyboard dates back to when the type bars on a typewriter would intertwine if two letters side-by-side were typed in succession. Commonly used letter pairs were separated to keep the type bars from tangling. There have been and are alternative layouts. This particular layout is called the QWERTY layout because that is the order of the first six letters on the top row.

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Answer 2

Because typerwriters used to have arms that came up to strike the paper. If people typed too fast, the arms jammed up. So they designed the keyboard to actually slow us down (qwerty). The dvorak was before this and has common letters near the middle so it's easier to type much faster.

Also the word "typerwriter" is all in the top row for demonstrators back in the day when they were selling typerwriters, so there is almost no logic at all to the current layout.

You can thank the US Navy for making the qwerty standard.

For everyone who answered that the common letters are near strong fingers, please LOOK at your keyboard to see if this could possibly be true. Every single word in the English language has a vowel. So why are the vowels all over the place? Please research if you don't know the answer.

Answer 3

"Ronin" is mostly correct, although the Dvorak Simplified layout was invented after "Qwerty," not before. Learning Dvorak probably won't speed up your typing if you're already good at "Qwerty," but it can significantly reduce hand stress.

You can convert your keyboard to Dvorak layout without making any physical changes or buying new hardware! In Windows XP, just open up your control panel and select "regional and language options." Click on the "Languages" tab at the top, then click on the "Details..." button in the "Text services and input languages" section. Next to the "Installed Services" window, click "Add..." and choose "United States-Dvorak." You can set up keyboard shortcuts to switch between Qwerty and Dvorak if you wish. Click okay and you're finished! You should now see a new icon on your taskbar - a little keyboard. Click on it to change between Qwerty and Dvorak.

Here's an online tutorial to help you learn the Dvorak layout:
http://www.mit.edu/people/jcb/Dvorak/dvorak-course/

The best part of all this, though, is you can change your keyboard layout and confuse the heck out of anyone who tries to use your computer.

Answer 4

The letters in the keyboard are not arrange in alphabetical order to make it easier for users of typewriters to be able to transfer their skills easily

Answer 5

yep, Ronin got it right.it's cos the letters jam up as some of the frequently used letters r placed together. so the person hoo invented the qwerty put the frquently used letters further apart 2 prevent jams 2 happen.

Answer 6

It is a hidden message. Try to figure it out. I really don't know but I think it is because of convenience. The most used letters are right at your finger tips.

Answer 7

They designed the letters in such a way as to space out the letters that are most commonly used.

Answer 8

because the person who created it is stupid. the other people say the letters you use the most are at your finger tips but not all people use those letters the most. Im one of them

Answer 9

I think they are stategically placed due to frequency of use. The ones that are used most often are easier to reach when your fingers are correctly placed on "home row" - the row in the middle.

Answer 10

Depends on the usage of the letters. It came from typewriter usage.