The QWERTY Keybored

Anyone ever wonder why the keybored is in QWERTYformat? i understand that it is kinda supposed to help you type better, but i dont know...if it was in ABC format it might be easyer. Any thoughts?

i dont know i think it would be fun in a sence! ^_^

oh and srry for the misspell

so typewriter salesmen can quickly demonstrate how easy it is to type the word "typewriter" using only the top row of letters

off topic. my roomtate in college had a dvorak layout and the key lables were worn off.. it was impossible to use :)

oh wow really? awesome i should try em'. tho it would be kinda hard to switch...TYPEWRITER lolz awesome

oh kool

(yah i know im replying to ever one of these ppls answers fast as hell.)

so typewriter salesmen can quickly demonstrate how easy it is to type the word "typewriter" using only the top row of letters

off topic. my roomtate in college had a dvorak layout and the key lables were worn off.. it was impossible to use :)

so typewriter salesmen can quickly demonstrate how easy it is to type the word "typewriter" using only the top row of letters

off topic. my roomtate in college had a dvorak layout and the key lables were worn off.. it was impossible to use :)

comp_atkins

I think I heard somewhere that back in the day it was laid out in "ABC" format, but people were typing too fast for the the old fashioned type writers to keep up. So they changed it to "QWERTY" to slow them down. Commander-Gree

This is closest to the correct answer so far. It was really to spread out the commonly used letter pairs because when two letters next to each other were pressed at the same time it caused typebar crashes.

I think I heard somewhere that back in the day it was laid out in "ABC" format, but people were typing too fast for the the old fashioned type writers to keep up. So they changed it to "QWERTY" to slow them down. Commander-Gree

Actually, it was designed to prevent the mechanical jams of the typewriter arms while typing at speed. I checked Wikipedia, the history of the QWERTY.:)

AZERTY for me.

Without the QWERTY keyboard, I'd have a different username.

QWERTYCommander

true verrryyyy true about 2% of all ppl online use QWERTY in their username

The QWERTY keyboard has been around since the day of the typewriter.

Once upon a time, typists were able to type so fast that the letters in a typewriter would become jammed. After a while, people got sick and tired of fixing typewriters so they invented a layout that is intentionally made to force you to type slower. That was the beginning of the QWERTY keyboard. If you were to actually watch how you type, most of the typing is done on your left hand (because most people are right-handed) and other various things.

AZERTY for me.

Lto_thaG

Parlez-vousfrançais? :o

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AZERTY for me.

Mercury_May2112

Parlez-vousfrançais? :o

Get this and it wont matter, hehe. The entire keyboard is made of little LCD screens in the keys. You can switch between multiple layouts with the push of a button. KittenNipples

Your all wrong :P

The original qwerty was invented for typewriters. If you typed to fast on them, they would mess up so the maker decided to arrange the keys in a format that made you type at a much slower speed. Thus qwerty is actually a very poor and slow format to type with. At least thats what I read...from a book :P

if you look close enough, making use of only the letters in the first row, you can scramble the letters a bit and write typewriter

Your all wrong :P

The original qwerty was invented for typewriters. If you typed to fast on them, they would mess up so the maker decided to arrange the keys in a format that made you type at a much slower speed. Thus qwerty is actually a very poor and slow format to type with. At least thats what I read...from a book :P

if you look close enough, making use of only the letters in the first row, you can scramble the letters a bit and write typewriter

flordeceres

QWERTZ for me :D

How it would look

The QWERTY format was designed for typewriters to prevent them from jamming. ABC format keyboards have proven to be more effective than QWERTY format. It is hanging onto tradition that prevents change.