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QWERTY was designed to prevent jams, but did so by physical separation of the keys, not by slowing the typist. In fact, separating keys increases typing speed b
by jmillikin 17y ago
QWERTY was designed to prevent jams, but did so by physical separation of the keys, not by slowing the typist. In fact, separating keys increases typing speed by distributing the load over both hands -- try typing "fewer seats are west" to see how annoying placing letters together is.
- baddox 17y agoI think "fewer seats are west" is great fun to type, and not all that slowing. I also like typing "hardware stores are great".