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They are arranged that way to keep the most commonly used alphabet keys from mashing together with each other while typing.
Because the keys you use most frequently are placed more conveniently.
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Because the person who designed the keyboard arranged them in order of how frequently they were used and which fingers were strongest. At least, that was HIS theory on how they should be arranged.
I'm sure if you do a Wikipedia search, you can find his name and more details about why he did things the way he did. People tried to change it after it was created, but other versions just never "stuck."
On QWERTY (named for the first six keys in the top left) keyboards, the letters are placed strategically based on how common they are in the English language. That is why common letters like S, A, and D are in the home row. Other letters that are commonly used, like E, N, and T are placed where they can be easily reached with middle or index fingers. Uncommon letters, like Q, Z, and X are positioned where they can be reached with the pinky. I don't know who did the study to decide what goes where, but hopefully someone else will post a source...
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So that the most frequently used letters don't get crammed together.
The layout was designed for manual typewriters, to make sure the typist couldn't type too fast. If they did, it would make it more likely that the typing arms would catch on each other and jam.
When the computer came about, the keyboard layout was kept essentially the same so anyone who knew how to type already didn't have to learn a new layout.
They are ordered so that the ones most commonly used in the English language are easiest to type in (which is why z and x are randomly in the corner).
Hope that helps!
makes typing alot easier. Did you know that on a keyboard that you can spell out typewriter only using the top rows of letters. Thought that was a cool useless tip of information. lol. Happy typing...
Early mechanical typewriters were physically incapable of responding to rapid typing, the flying keys jammed.
The QWERTY keyboard was designed to slow the typist down.
ya know, i have always wondered the same freakin thing?!? It would be much easier cause we'd already know where all the keys are! Hmmm.Maybe someday i can build a alphabetical keyboard and become a rich millionare! *Gets out blue prints* WHOOOO!
he most used letters in the alphabet are in the middle row (where you usually put your fingers) then the second most in the top row and the least in the bottom
plus the letters closer to the center in each row are more frequently used then the outside ones
except g/h
the order is:
g h f j d k s l a t y r u e i w o q p v b c n x m z
The real reason, which nobody hit on exactly yet, was that when typewriters were first invented the mechnical linkages were very slow to drop the keys back down after striking the paper. Thus the letters were arranged so the most commonly used letters would not be anywhere near each other on the keyboard, or separated by as much distance left to right. The reason was to keep a key from striking the previously hit key as it dropped back into position.
The keyboard was not designed to slow the typist down, it was intended to prevent the keys from hitting each other while typing. This is not a problem with modern typewriters, so the original purpose is now somewhat moot. By the time the mechanical workings of the typwriter were improved to fix this probem, the mixed-up keyboard had become the standard.
Way back before I was born, people used manual (not electric) typewriters to type. They had a long metal arm for each letter, and when you hit the key, the arm would pop up and hit a black ribbon, which transferred the shape of the letter to the page. In order to have this work, two things had to happen: first, the arms couldn't get in each other's way, and second, the typist had to not type so fast that the arms would get tangled up.
This is why typewriter manufacturers invented the "qwerty" keyboard (look at the letters in the top row from left to right: they spell qwerty). the main purpose of the qwerty keyboard was to slow down typists enough so they did not get those typewriter arms scrambled. If you look at the keyboard, you will notice that the really popular letters often have to be typed with your least competent fingers ("a" with your left pinkie!).
Since the computer has been the standard form of typing -- and computers don't have any of those nasty mechanical arms -- many people have been arguing for a better keyboard, which would be one that puts the most-used letters under your most agile fingers. Hasn't happened. Change is tough!
Incidentally, putting the letters on the keyboard in alphabetical order would only help people who have to "hunt and peck" or type with two fingers. It would not be helpful for people who have learned proper ten-finger typing.
Th reason that a keyboard is not alphabetical is that some letters are used more frequently than others and some fingers are stronger and more adept at striking keys.
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