Posts by Jason 2 publicly visible posts • joined 13 Aug 2007
Qwerty was not designed to slow down users, that is a myth. It was made so that most commonly type letters would be in places where they would not jam up the hammers. It was made for speed on the hammer typewriters, not to slow the user down. It was also made so the salesmen could type typewriter just using the top row. Without worrying about hammers, people have tried to make faster keyboards, with mixed results. The alternating hands involved in qwerty use has proven resilient.
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