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We use it because it's used. What advantage would you have if you just changed it? Every computer you were about to use would have a different layout. QWERTY i
by woliveirajr 10y ago
We use it because it's used.
What advantage would you have if you just changed it? Every computer you were about to use would have a different layout. QWERTY is good enough. Replacing all keyboards won't happen at same time, and every time you need to replace one keyboard, you'll go with one that is similar to your home/work/university/notebook/virtual ipad/cellphone keyboard, that are all... qwerty.
Change all keyboards that you use at once, and a new candidate is born. Change just one each time, and keep the same.
- dingaling 10y ago> Every computer you were about to use would have a different layout. Absolutely, I tried a couple of different layouts for a while ( PLUM and Dvorak ) but what brought me back to QWERTY was the ubiquity of hardware. Every time I'd sit down at a client's computer I'd spend a minute or two apologising for typing like a clumsy fool until I'd readapted to QWERTY. My custom keyboards were back at my desk... Certainly the other layouts were more efficient and less demanding on the hands and fingers, but just weren't ubiquitous enough for someone that worked in multiple locations.
- garrettgrimsley 10y agoI type in Dvorak and the QWERTY cellphone keyboard hasn't been an issue for me because I rely on a different muscle memory for typing with thumbs then for touch typing on a hardware keyboard. Only my IBM Model M at home has been rearranged because the key-caps are removable. Both my work keyboard and laptop keyboard are still in QWERTY, but it isn't an issue because I touch type. But I agree, we use QWERTY because it's what is familiar.