why are the keys on a keyboard placed the way they are?

Answer 1

its the most logical way! it called the QWERTY way!

Frequently used pairs of letters were separated in an attempt to stop the typebars from intertwining and becoming stuck, thus forcing the typist to manually unstick the typebars and also frequently blotting the document[1]. The home row (ASDFGHJKL) of the QWERTY layout is thought to be a remnant of the old alphabetical layout that QWERTY replaced. QWERTY also attempted to alternate keys between hands, allowing one hand to move into position while the other hand strikes home a key. This sped up both the original double-handed hunt-and-peck technique and the later touch typing technique; however, single-handed words such as stewardesses and monopoly show flaws in the alternation.

Answer 2

I heard somewhere that the way they were origionally, the kept getting jammed (old style type writers). People have created a new, better keyboard with the most regularily used letters in the middle but people dont like to change.

Answer 3

The keyboard mimics the ols typewriters. On the first typewriters the letters were in alphabetical order and, as someone has already said, they typed too fast and the levers were constantly jamming. The ridiculous solution was to jumble up the letters to slow them down.

Answer 4

the keys on the keyboard are normally set up under the "qwerty " system ....this was intitially designed for touch typists many years ago ....the letters that are used the most are situated around where your fingers fall ... ...unfortunately if you are just a one or two finger typist like most of us ...the layout appears random .....

Answer 5

I heard that it was to do with how often the letters are used in the english language.
If you touch type you probably notice that you generally use the qwerty and asdf rows more often than the zxcv row; so guess there could be some truth in it.

Answer 6

QWERTY was designed for the commonist letters to be used by the strongest fingers, but keeping them apart to stop jamming on the typewriter

Answer 7

yeah....i used to wonder that too, and the teacher i had for a computer class told us its a qwerty keyboard and i guess they differ around the world

Answer 8

carolina, When they designed keyboards it was with the intent to mock the typewriter as much as possible, Good luck in life.

Answer 9

I'm assuming because the main row are letters we use most often? But I guess that doesn't make much sense.

I guess I have no idea. Good question.

Answer 10

the letters used to type the most common words are put together so you are more efficient. is this a random question, or do you really need to know???