QWERTY (pronounced /kwɜːti/) is the most common modern-day keyboard layout on English-language computer and typewriter keyboards. It takes its name from the first six letters seen in the keyboard's top first row of letters. The QWERTY design was patented by Christopher Sholes in 1874[1] and sold to Remington in the same year, when it first appeared in typewriters. The asteroid 6600 Qwerty was named in its honour. There is another setup: The Dvorak Simplified Keyboard layout arranges keys so that frequently-used keys are easiest to press. The typical QWERTY layout was designed to meet the technical limitations of mechanical typewriters rather than for ergonomics.
2007-12-16 15:00:43
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answered by Rowen 6
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Because back in the days the keys were in alphabetical order but they would get stuck on the typewriters. See there are certain keys that you use most of the time and the I guess secretaries would be typing so fast that the keys would all jam up and that wasn't very good obviously who can work with a jamd typewriter. So they came up with this new design where it slows down the typing so the keys don't get jamd which I guess is good if you're using a typewriter. There's actually two ways to set up your keyboard on a computer I heard the other way to set it up once you learn the keys you can type like 1000wpm. That's just what I heard wish I had better details for ya. YOu can google it.
2016-03-14 08:46:24
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answered by Erika 4
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Keyboard Placement
2016-10-20 05:17:25
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answered by inmon 4
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Back when typewriters were first being made, there was a large variety of key placement. Then a guy named Sholes patented the "QWERTY" keyboard in 1874, which helped typists type faster because the letter rods wouldn't clash together (old typewriters have the letters at the end of metal bars, and in the alphabetical order, they would hit each other and actually slow down the typing process).
The typewriter manufacturer Remington then mass produced their typewriter with Sholes' design, and the rest is history.
2007-12-16 15:02:43
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answered by Bonnie 2
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typewriter mechanical parts would jam when people typed too fast.
so the current design was intentionally inefficient in order to slow people down.
slowing typists down meant less jams, so people actually got more done.
and now we are stuck with it, even though the original reason for the layout is obsolete. you can manually alter your keyboard layout to make it more efficient, but it would cause people using your keyboard to get confused and be counter productive.
2007-12-16 15:37:49
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answered by expletive_xom 7
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Well, when computers were first invented, they needed something for them to have us type with. So they made a board, and put little buttons on their, and labeled them as the alphabet and put the F1 F2 F3, and other key functions.
2007-12-16 14:51:44
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answered by Anonymous
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back in the stone age someone experimented with a funny thing called a typewriter (no electronics...wow) and the keys were placed in accordance with the amount of use these stone-age guys figured they should be
2007-12-16 14:53:32
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answered by barb w 4
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