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

Question

what is the base for designing the words in such a way?and why they are not in their original order.

Answer 1

The frequency with which the letters are used in words. In the qwert keyboard (qwert are 1st five letters on this keyboard). A typist rest his/ her fingers on asdf (for the left hand with the pinky on a) and jkl; for the right hand (pointing finger on j). From this position it is easy to get to the letters we often use as our fingers are already on them or by simply moving the fingers up, down or to the left or to the right we can easily access the keys we need.

Try it. Takes a little practice to get quite accustomed to it. There are a variey of software available to teach you how to make the best use of the layout of this keyboard and we you get accustomed to it, you will find it difficult to imagine the keyboard being arranged in any other way.

Answer 2

Actually this is pretty interesting; I just found this out this summer. Originally, type writers' letters were cast in alphabetical order. This is all the way back to when men were in charge of administrative duties, no such thing as a female secretary or copy writer, etc. The men worked too quickly with the letters in alpha order, (I wish I could remember why that was a problem, as that's really the point here - sorry) but anyways, they worked too quickly so designers redid it in what they thought was a totally illogical way. Too bad we're beings of superior intellect and figured it all out eventually!

Answer 3

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

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.

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 reposition them on the keyboard as far from each other as possible. This reduced typing speed[citation needed], and so lessened the occurrence of clashing type bars. In this way the QWERTY keyboard was born, 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

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.