2006-11-01 15:43:10 · 5 answers · asked by Ralph M 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Trivia
The key board was originally designed to slow typing down since the keys were getting jammed from being typed too fast.
The type-bar system and the universal keyboard were the machine's novelty, but the keys jammed easily. To solve the jamming problem, another business associate, James Densmore, suggested splitting up keys for letters commonly used together to slow down typing. This became today's standard "QWERTY" keyboard.
The first practical typewriter was invented by Christopher Latham Sholes, and was marketed by the Remington Arms company in 1873.
Also a bit of trivia- all the letters that spell the word Typewriter are on the top row.
2006-11-01 15:49:29 · answer #1 · answered by neona807 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Christopher Sholes designed the QWERTY keyboard, which is the standard you are talking about and it is layed out like this because it kept the keys from getting "stuck" Check out this article from Wikipedia on the QWERTY keyboard for all your answers.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QWERTY
2006-11-01 18:34:31 · answer #2 · answered by prekkoy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i don't know who arranged it
but it is like that because if you typed too fast the typewriter would jam
so they mixed the order up to make it so that you would type slower
2006-11-01 15:51:56 · answer #3 · answered by roman 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its layed out like that so that the most common letters are easier to find
2006-11-01 15:50:49 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I always wondered this
2006-11-02 00:14:11 · answer #5 · answered by mistatnn 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋