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Why is the QWERTY keyboard laid out that way?

Dr.Cyclops asked:


Who came up with the typewriter layout that we use for keyboards and why?

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5 Responses to “Why is the QWERTY keyboard laid out that way?”

  1. In 1875, Christopher Sholes with assistance from Amos Densmore rearranged the typewriter keyboard so that the commonest letters were not so close together and the type bars would come from opposite directions.

    Thus they would not clash together and jam the machine.

    The new arrangement was the “QWERTY” arrangement that typists use today.

  2. michaelstjohn2001 on November 3rd, 2008 at 1:50 am

    It is the same layout as the old typewriters used to have, and once you learn the system it is much faster to use the keys in this position.

  3. Christopher Sholes, who was connected to Remington.

  4. in order to maximise the speed of typing.by plkacing the main letters in strategic places enabling the lot to be divided and reached instantly by the fingers of ur two hands

  5. the first row of letters is the name of the person who invented the keyboard

    Qwert Yuiop

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