did u know why is the keyboard letters are not in any order "Alphabetical"or any other?

Answer 1

The QWERTY keyboard layout was devised in the 1860s by the creator of the first modern typewriter, Christopher Sholes, a newspaper editor who lived in Milwaukee. 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 angother, forcing the typist to manually unstick the typebars, and also frequently blotting the document[1]. Sholes solved the jamming problem not by forcing typists to slow down, but by separating common sequences of letters in English[2]. Pairs of keys that are frequently struck in succession were placed as far from each other as possible, so that the hammers that were likely to be used in quick succession were less likely to interfere with each other.

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 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.

An unfortunate consequence of the layout, for right-handed typists, is that many more words can be spelled using only the left hand. In fact, thousands of English words can be spelled using only the left hand, while only a couple of hundred words can be typed using only the right hand

Answer 2

my simple answer is to make it easy to type words by the movements of ur fingers.
*on the other hand, letters on keyboard are placed basing on the language of a particular country like when i was in Germany, i was surprised to find the letter of Y appearing it at the bottom of the keyboard while the usual is on top. In Spain, some letters are arranged in another way also. In the Phils, a bit different too. Japan has the same arrangement as with the US. Just few sample of countries which i saw their keyboards.

Answer 3

to the best of my knowledge, the keyboard we use today was taken from a guy a long time ago, back when typewriters first got started. Back then, the letters were in alphabetical order, but the little things that swing out and hit the paper kept getting tangled as people typed faster.

some dude thought up this style to keep commonly-pressed keys spaced apart from each other so they wouldn't get tangled when people typed faster.

At least that what I think somebody taught me. I could be wrong

Answer 4

The first typewriter WAS in alphabetical order.The person that invented the QWERTY typewriter (same as the keyboard you're using now) used the dictionary to look up the most commonly used combination of letters and words, and put those letters next to each other making it easier for the fingers to reach each letter(ie: PO, GH ,WE, LO,TY RE), thus making you type faster, before that, everyone pecked at the letters finger by finger and it took hours, maybe even days to type something up.

Answer 5

The QWERTY keyboard layout was devised in the 1860s by the creator of the first modern typewriter, Christopher Sholes, a newspaper editor who lived in Milwaukee. 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 solved the jamming problem not by forcing typists to slow down, but by separating common sequences of letters in English[2]. Pairs of keys that are frequently struck in succession were placed as far from each other as possible, so that the hammers that were likely to be used in quick succession were less likely to interfere with each other.

Answer 6

The layout was originally designed for typewriters, the keys on typewriter made an arm strike the paper, they were laid out in a way to prevent the arms from geting tangledin each other. You can get other layouts of keyboard such as dvorak but qwerty has become a standard

Answer 7

It's the heritage of old manual typewriters - people could type much faster than the "arms" of the typeface keys could respond without getting clogged or jammed - the querty keyboard was originally designed to slow you down. A couple of attempts have been made to redesign keyboards but all (so far) have failed because most people grow up learning qwerty.

Answer 8

I think is is down to the person who invented it, when I was studying for RSA 2, a typing exam which I passed but to this day I must be the worlds worst typist, we had to do exercises like THE QUICK BROWN FOX JUMPED OVER THE LAZY DOG whick is supposed to incorperate most or even all of the letters of the alphabet! Anyway I can't remember who invented it but I'm sure you can find out, that might help.

Answer 9

The QWERTY keyboard was actually designed to slow down typing! When manual typewriters were invented the arms with the letters on would often clash and jam if struck too close together. Therefore to eradicate this the QWERTY keyboard was designed to slightly slow down typing and stop the jamming problem.

Answer 10

The QWERTY arrangement we use now was originally used by typists whose metal gears kept sticking together with commonly spelled words. They solved the jamming problem by separating common sequences of letters in English. Pairs of keys that are frequently struck in succession were placed as far from each other as possible, so that the hammers that were likely to be used in quick succession were less likely to interfere with each other.