3 ms·
Just double-checked. Yup, looks like I have it wrong. For some reason I had it in my mind that alphabetical keyboards came first, then Dvorak and Sholes were
by dfranke 18y ago
Just double-checked. Yup, looks like I have it wrong. For some reason I had it in my mind that alphabetical keyboards came first, then Dvorak and Sholes were introduced within a year or so of each other and Sholes won out.
- dangoldin 18y agoThe reason the QWERTY layout was created was due to typewriters. They tried to move the most commonly used letters away from each other to avoid the "typewriter levers/hands" from locking up against each other when someone was quick typing. Thus, QWERTY is quite inefficient since it's trying to make commonly used letters as far away as possible.