how come letters on a keyboard are arranged in that order?

Question

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Answer 1

nope the most use and most eficient format is the DVORAK keyboard format. it was scientifically formulated to have all the most used keys together.

the QWERTY format was developed for typewriters to slow people down so that they would not jam the keys.

notice that you only need the top line to type typewriter- this was used as a way to show how easy the machines were to use.

the DVORAK keyboard has all the vowels together on the left middle line and all the most used keys on the right.
most words are alternated from hand to hand to be typed.

when there was research done into what the best format is- the conclusion was that QWERTY is even worse than a random arrangement of letters- its was made to intentionally slow you down.

Answer 2

The layout is designed to allow commonly used letters evenly spaced so the mechanical type writter arms wouldn't interfer with each other when typing.

The current layout is not actually the fastest layout. This is an efficient layout, but they have tested more efficient layouts in the past. Back when people where using manual type writters they had layout which people could actually type faster on, but they would cause the machines to jam, so they infact used the qwerty layout to spread out the letters more that are frequently used so they wouldn't jam.

Another famous layout is Dvorak layout.

>>>> from wikipedia >>
Dvorak layout

Because modern keyboards do not suffer from the problems of older mechanical keyboards, the QWERTY layout's separation of frequently used letter pairs is no longer necessary. Several alternative keyboard layouts, such as Dvorak Simplified Keyboard arrangement (designed by Dr. August Dvorak and William Dealey and patented in 1936), have been designed to increase a typist's speed and comfort, largely by moving the most common letters to the home row and maximizing hand alternation. The effectiveness of these layouts is disputed. Some studies [1] have shown that alternative methods are more efficient, but Dvorak and other alternative typists most often cite comfort as the greatest advantage. QWERTY's inventor, Christopher Scholes, patented a key arrangement similar to Dvorak's, but it never became popular.
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Answer 3

Here's some history...

The QWERTY keyboard layout was devised in the 1860s by Christopher Sholes, a newspaper editor who lived in Milwaukee, who was also the creator of the first modern typewriter. Originally, the characters on the typewriters he invented were arranged alphabetically, set on the end of a metal bar which struck the paper when its key was pressed. However, once an operator had learned to type at speed, the bars attached to letters that lay close together on the keyboard became entangled with one another, forcing the typist to manually unstick the typebars, and also frequently blotting the document.[1] Sholes decided that the best way out of the difficulty was to find out which letters were most used in the English language, and then to re-site them on the keyboard as far from each other as possible. This had the effect of reducing the speed, and, by doing so, lessened the chance of clashing type bars. In this way was born the QWERTY keyboard, named after the first six letters on the top line.

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, lollipop and monopoly show flaws in the alternation.

Answer 4

When the typewriter was first made, the letters were arranged in alphabetical order. This caused problems as commonly used letters were close together (like r-s-t), as the bars would tangle in each other when people learned how to type faster. The problems was fixed by placing these letters further apart on the keyboard.

Answer 5

A group of people did research on the letters most used together in words and arranged the letters this way.

Answer 6

It's because when the typewriter was created all the letters were in alphabetical order (a,b,c,d) but because of that the person typing typed very fast and because he/she typed too fast the letters would smudge together, so the letters were seperated.

Answer 7

The frequency of their use is the key concept which led to this order.
And, yes, I'm speaking about the frequency of keys' use when writing in English.

Hope this helps

Answer 8

the most commonly used letters are put in places where your faster fingers type them. some commonly used letters like "s" are put towards a slower finger to avoid overload, but generally the most commonly used letters are put near your faster fingers.

Answer 9

because most *simple* words are located on the keyboard by each other. (would u really want to say *about* and have to scrunch yer hands together?)

Answer 10

people tend to use the keys in the middle most soo thats why they are like that.