Well what do you think? I can't find any pattern or reason for the letters being in the order they're in.
2007-12-16 13:41:53 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Other - Education
The most commonly used letters in a configuration of accessibility, is very important. Your vowels and most commonly used letters are in easily reachable spots. If the alphabet were used in the order it was recited the letters, most commonly used, along with the vowels, would be challenging to reach. Did you ever wonder why the q, w, z, x are in hard to reach spots?
2007-12-16 13:49:37 · answer #1 · answered by momeeeof1 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The letter placement was th slow the typist down. When the typewriters were originally invented, it was found that good typists could operate the machine so fast that the bars holding the letters would jam as the used ones were dropping and the new ones rising. The current configuration slowed the typist down as it had very little meaning. Currently, computers can compensate for fast typists. However, since there are still many manual typewriters and tradition dies hard, we will keep the "traditional" keyboard configuration.
2007-12-16 13:51:04 · answer #2 · answered by MICHAEL R 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The first typewriters invented had a problem where they overheated if you typed too fast, so the keys were arranged in a hard-to-find pattern to slow down the users. This is the QWERTY keyboard that we're stuck with today. Someone invented the DVORAK keyboard which is laid out easier but it hasn't really caught on.
2007-12-16 13:46:36 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The keys are in the same order as in typewriters. In a typewriter, physical keys moved up to strike a ribbon of ink, and leave a mark on the paper behind it. If two keys from the almost the same resting spot went up too closely, they would jam together.
The keys are placed so that you are least likely to jam the keys on a typewriter.
2007-12-16 13:47:20 · answer #4 · answered by nowaynohow 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The layout was created by the person who created the 1st typewriter as a way of keeping the arms of the type from getting tangled when people typed quickly
2007-12-16 13:49:37 · answer #5 · answered by karken1992 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is the tradition of following the typewriter convention of qwerty./
2007-12-16 22:02:55 · answer #6 · answered by DrIG 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, to standardize all keyboarding and typewriters for typist.
2007-12-16 13:50:35 · answer #7 · answered by smittybo20 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋