What if keyboards were done alphabetically?

Question

So that it isn't QWERTY, but ABCDEF?

Answer 1

They were ABCDEF. 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.

The QWERTY keyboard layout was designed so that successive keystrokes would alternate sides of the keyboard so as to avoid jams in manual typewriters.

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

I put this answer together from different sources to give the most accurate reason for why the letters are arranged the way they are. It is also a common misconception that the keys were designed to slow people down.

Answer 2

would make more sense, the qwerty key board came about because old type writers would get jammed if you typed too quickly so they set the keys up to slow people down, also you can type typewriter with only the top row. :'D

Answer 3

Then it will be ABCDEF, then you will be asking what if keyboards were not done alphabetically ?