The QWERTY layout was devised and created in the early 1870s by Christopher Latham Sholes, a newspaper editor and printer who lived in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. In October 1867, Sholes filed a patent application for his early writing machine he developed with the assistance of his friends Carlos Glidden and Samuel W. Soulé. The first model constructed by Sholes used a piano-like keyboard with two rows of characters arranged alphabetically as follows:

3 5 7 9 N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z 2 4 6 8 . A B C D E F G H I J K L M

The construction of the "Type Writer" had two flaws that made the product susceptible to jams. Firstly, characters were mounted on metal arms or type bars, which would clash and jam if neighboring arms were pressed at the same time or in rapid succession. Secondly, its printing point was located beneath the paper carriage, invisible to the operator, a so-called "up-stroke" design. Consequently, jams were especially serious, because the typist could only discover the mishap by raising the carriage to inspect what had been typed. The solution was to place commonly used letter-pairs (like "th" or "st" so that their typebars were not neighboring, avoiding jams. [citation needed] Contrary to popular belief, the QWERTY layout was not designed to slow the typist down, but rather to speed up typing by preventing jams. Indeed, there is evidence that, aside from the issue of jamming, placing often-used keys farther apart increases typing speed, because it encourages alternation between the hands. There is another origin story in the Smithsonian that the qwerty keyboard was made for telegraph operators and has this layout to make it easy for the telegraph operator to work. (On the other hand, in the German keyboard the Z has been moved between the T and the U to help type the frequent bigraphs TZ and ZU in that language.) Almost every word in the English language contains at least one vowel letter, but on the QWERTY keyboard only the vowel letter "A" is located on the home row, which requires the typist's fingers to leave the home row for most words.

Properties

Alternating hands while typing is a desirable trait in a keyboard design. While one hand types a letter, the other hand can prepare to type the next letter, making the process faster and more efficient. However, when a string of letters is typed with the same hand, the chances of stuttering [clarification needed] are increased and a rhythm can be broken, thus decreasing speed and increasing errors and fatigue. In the QWERTY layout many more words can be spelled using only the left hand than the right hand. In fact, thousands of English words can be spelled using only the left hand, while only a couple of hundred words can be typed using only the right hand (the three most frequent letters in the English language, ETA, are all typed with the left hand). In addition, more typing strokes are done with the left hand in the QWERTY layout. This is helpful for left-handed people but to the disadvantage of right-handed people.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/QWERTY?_e_pi_=7%2CPAGE_ID10%2C2279033909

Educative....

Insightful

Nice one

cool

Is it hereditary?



Oyibo kids dey always type very fast. Me wey don dey use PC everyday and type for some time now still dey stutter and look at my keyboard. Abi na film trick? Na only me observe that thing?

Dekatron:
Is it hereditary?



Oyibo kids dey always type very fast. Me wey don dey use PC everyday and type for some time now still dey stutter and look at my keyboard. Abi na film trick? Na only me observe that thing?

na true o :>

It was invented to slow down typist fortunately it became the standard PC keyboard when apple and other PC manufacturer adopted it.

Dekatron:
Is it hereditary?



Oyibo kids dey always type very fast. Me wey don dey use PC everyday and type for some time now still dey stutter and look at my keyboard. Abi na film trick? Na only me observe that thing?

tap the right key with the right finger for six months yu go know say no be magic or film trick.

Is that so?

Thanks for the eye opener!

I can already imagine one of my kids asking me this question, answer filed for future reference, thanks op.

Where is that boy, bia lalasticala come n wash my motor

Pr0ton:

OP are u a free thinker I can see ur thread about Trinity and also ur d.p

Even with the qwerty keypad I'm still fast






I even dey talk to my boss as I tap the is post

I bin dey ask this question since jss in biz study. My teacher then be like "oya touch the shift key first!" As I never sabi, teacher say "Na only easy easy thing dey they sweet you, why you no go complain say oyibo scatter keyboard for your face!"
That time even typewriter na latest gadget o!

Interesting......

Ok

Oyinbo get sense sa..

cool

Dekatron:
Is it hereditary?



Oyibo kids dey always type very fast. Me wey don dey use PC everyday and type for some time now still dey stutter and look at my keyboard. Abi na film trick? Na only me observe that thing?

Utter nonsense.

You learn by practice.

Huh

Educative

mckenzieRx:
Thanks for the eye opener!

your eye dey glued before?

You type slowly because you probably did not learn typing. Using a PC and typing are two different things. If you learn typing for one month, you will be amazed at how fast you will start typing.

Dekatron:
Is it hereditary?



Oyibo kids dey always type very fast. Me wey don dey use PC everyday and type for some time now still dey stutter and look at my keyboard. Abi na film trick? Na only me observe that thing?

Eye opening


Check my signature please

Thanks for the info.

How d qwerty keypad take form e no concern me..:/
My own be say I fit type wetin I want whether qwerty or Abcdef

Asin On top the Marra.. D qwerty keypad good sha cos pple don dey easily use am Geh money

ok

Interesting

Who's proficient a typing fast? I'm way too slow for a guy