On what basis the order of letters in a typr writer is designed?

Question

who and what is the basic idea of designing the words in such a way?and why they are not in their original order.

Answer 1

The qwerty system was simply designed to allow those letters most often used to be close to the fingers that are most dextrous.

Answer 2

Christopher Latham Sholes(1819-1890)
Sholes was a U.S. mechanical engineer who invented the first practical modern typewriter, patented in 1868. Sholes invented the typewriter with partners S. W. Soule and G. Glidden, that was manufactured (by Remington Arms Company) in 1873. He was born February 14, 1819 in Mooresburg, Pennsylvania, and died on February 17, 1890 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Before the computer, the typewriter may have been the most significant everyday business tool. Christopher Latham Sholes and his colleagues, Carlos Glidden and Samuel Soulé, invented the first practical typewriting machine in 1866. Five years, dozens of experiments, and two patents later, Sholes and his associates produced an improved model similar to today's typewriters.

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.

Sholes lacked the patience required to market the new product and sold the rights to Densmore. He, in turn, convinced Philo Remington (of rifle fame) to market the device. The first "Sholes & Glidden Type Writer" was offered for sale in 1874 but was not an instant success. A few years later, improvements made by Remington engineers gave the machine its market appeal and sales skyrocketed.

Answer 3

The common typewriter & computer is called a QWERTY keyboard, for the first six letters in the upper left side of keyboard.
They were arranged this way because of the mechanics of travelling letter type heads when at rest they were arranged in an arc. Theis scheme was arrived at so that when typing the type heads would not get tangled up ( crossed over) as you would type.Scheme was planned by quantifying letter usage & juxtaposition for most efficent distibution to avoid crossing & tangles.

Answer 4

The early typewriters were mechanical of course and jammed if you typed too fast.

So the keyboard was designed to slow the typist down to stop jamming and......er.......speed things up.

The letters across the top of an english typewriter spell 'typewriter'.

French, Swiss, German keyboards are different again but only just. Annoying actually.


Sorry guys but old QUERTY is not the best design.

Answer 5

My understanding is because the old typewriter keys would bind up due to the fast speed of experienced typists of the time and the keys striking the paper in too close proximity to eachother. The keys were rearranged with the intent to slow down the typist, thus resolving the binding key issue. I don't think it worked for long, but the key order did stick.

Answer 6

Originally, all the most common letters were placed on the "home row" (the middle letter row) to make it easier to reach them. However, this plan defeated itself because really good typists were able to type fast enough to jam the typewriter, so the letters were spread out in an attempt to slow the typists down

Answer 7

To Wikipedia!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qwerty_keyboard_layout

Answer 8

Original typewritters were slow and cumbersome...it was hard to type when you needed consecutive letters that were placed near one another...it was designed so that the letters for common words were spaced out on the keyboard. Greater efficiency.

Answer 9

From what I understand, the traditional keyboard layout is simply based upon which letters are used the most frequently, though I'm not certain exactly where the study came from.

Answer 10

its for hand ease.. They designed it this way knowing which letters you would use the most often and in which order so your not constantly trying to type using the same finger.