4 ms·

A layout born to slow down typists in a way to prevent the hammers jamming... Myth. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/fact-of-fiction-the-legend-of-

• rrss 7y ago
  That article, and the source it references [1], are no more convincing than the sources that support this "myth". [1] bases it's conclusion primary on the assertions and opinions of the authors. > At least, in our opinion, T, the most frequently-used consonant, should have moved to the center of keyboard, W, the other semivowel, to the upper row, Q, less frequently-used letter, to the edge, and I, also used for thenumeral 1, near by 8 to type “1870” or “1871” rapidly ... After reading that article, I don't know why I should trust the opinion of those authors over the findings of every other author (which support the "myth"). It's pretty clear that the most common digrams are well separated in the typebar basket, with the exception of e+r, which is because 'r' and '.' were swapped by the manufacturers, not the designers. [1]: http://kanji.zinbun.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~yasuoka/publications/PreQWERTY.html http://kanji.zinbun.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~yasuoka/publications/PreQ...
  • masonic 7y ago
    every other author (which support the "myth") Which are?
    • rrss 7y ago
      Please see the list of references at the end of the paper.