Ok so like on a keyboard, why doesnt the letter go in ABC order???

Question

is this a speacific order??

Answer 1

Okay, way back in the day... (for me it is) when they first came out with type writers, the keys on the type writer would get jammed because the keys that people used often were right next to each other and they would press them to often and two of the head things came up and got stuck so, they came up with the key arrangement you now use for the type writer so that the keys would not get jammed as often because of how the keys are arranged on the keyboard, and becuase of how slow computers became popular people were using both type writers AND computers so they just decided to keep the keyboard layout. You can also buy a keyboard that has the keys in order (ABC...) at a local computer store, not sure all have them but, places like Best Buy, Circuit City and other stores like that would have them.

and i guess its called QWERTY for the first few keys on the keyboard

Answer 2

The qwerty keyboard was developed to prevent the typewriter mechanical key hardware from jamming. It purposely slowed down the typist.

The Dvorak keyboard was one of several that were developed that optimized typing, without sacrificing the hardware.

If you want to change, there are lots of free, open source, software programs that remap the keyboard to the faster Dvorak.
Linux distros include it for free, too! http://pclinuxos.com has 5500 other good games, programs, too.

Answer 3

The QWERTY layout was designed so that successive keystrokes would alternate between sides of the keyboard so as to avoid jams. Some sources also claim that the QWERTY layout was designed to slow down typing speed to further reduce jamming, you have to remember that this keyboard layout dates to the old typewriters and the keys were more speed sensitive than our nice and fast computers.

Answer 4

No thanks to a man named Scholes, who devised a typewriter. The mechanism was not very good, so in order to keep typists from typing too quickly and causing the machine to jam, he came up with the all too familiar QWERTY arrangement, and we have been stuck with the damned thing ever since. A scientist named Dvorak devised a much better arrangement, but it has never caught on.

Answer 5

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

Answer 6

There is some reason of why its like that.

Although they do make ABC keyboards

http://abckeyboard.co.uk/