why Computer Keyboards key's are not in alphbetacaly order??

Question

in English computer Keyboard, keys are not alphabetacaly oredered. is their any specific reason??

Answer 1

its based on how much you use the letter. the more you use the letter the easier it is to get to on the keyboard.

Answer 2

Because they use the same keyboards as typewriters used. If you've ever used a type writer for any length of time you will know that the keys get stuck together pretty frequently. The original typewriter keyboards were alphabetical, but the keys got stuck very often (especially as, for instance, S and T are very common letters - if you press them one after the other quickly they can get stuck) The new layout was essentially the first arrangement that could be found which worked; it's not especially intuitive. It was designed (varying on who you believe) to slow down typists or to put commonly occuring letters far apart. You can see where they nearly kept the original arrangement on the second row ASDFGHJKL - that's pretty similar to an alphabetic sequence.

Answer 3

The QWERTY keyboard layout was designed so that successive keystrokes would alternate sides of the keyboard so as to avoid jams in manual typewriters. Is frequently said that the design was also created to make people type slower.
First designs of manual typewriters using keyboards with letters on alphabetical order could not keep up with the speed of fast typers and the QWERTY keyboard layout was designed to reduce jamming. See:

http://home.earthlink.net/~dcrehr/whyqwert.html

Later a layout called Dvorak was introduced to allow faster typing and reduce fatigue but has never got widespread use. See:

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

The QWERTY keyboard layout survived the era of electrical typewriters and the digital age because it was the first standard design. Being first counts.

Answer 4

It's about what letters are used the most.

Think about the proper hand placement.

asdfjkl; are some of the most common letters used.

Notice how letters like z and q and p are on the outside edges?

Answer 5

yup. the order is according to how often a letter is used.