> QWERTY wasn’t designed because of some deep academic analysis of typing patterns — it was just to spread out frequently used letters so the mechanical arms di

> QWERTY wasn’t designed because of some deep academic analysis of typing patterns — it was just to spread out frequently used letters so the mechanical arms didn’t get jammed. This is the popular understanding. I've seen arguments against this claim. (e.g. "er" are frequent in english, and adjacent in qwerty). https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/fact-of-fiction-the-legend-of-the-qwerty-keyboard-49863249/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/fact-of-fiction-...