The Story Behind QWERTY – Why Keyboards Aren’t in Alphabetical Order
CNNs The Story Behind QWERTY discusses the origins of the QWERTY keyboard and why it is still the standard on computer keyboards today..
Believing back to my middle school typing class (done on electrical typewriters, not computers) I keep in mind questioning why the keyboard wasnt arranged in alphabetical order. I understood that the response was related to the frequency of usage of specific letters and also the early constraints of typewriter keyboard setups.
