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