why are the keys on the keyboard set up the way they are? why not in alphabetical order?

qwe? --------WTF?:laughs: :laughs: ;)

W-H-O R-E-A-L-LY C-A-R-E-S????? :smash: Is it February yet???:wall:

http://www.mit.edu/~jcb/Dvorak/history.html

that's why

the note on that page is very funny:D

haha bigfish :laughs: :D its only december, this winter is going to be HORRIBLE. your just jealous cuz i ho'd the new guy here even after you got the first attempt.:D

:rude: He e-mailed me...so nahhhhh...nahhhh....na..na...nahhhhhhhh!:rude: He is mine!!! Boy not even Bassmaster tried to Ho' his plugs yet!

Don't think that new guy is going to be around long enough for ho-ing and it's not really Ho-ing if you have to pay for it... right? :p but the keyboard thingy.... Idunno

qwertyuiopasdfghjklzxcvbnm
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz

is there a secret code in there anywhere??

-Dave

I had to take typing in 9th grade in NY and it was a Regents class so we got a state given final exam (BTW I got a 92% on it). History of the typewriter was part of the class, so you'd think I could remember back 30 some odd years and answer that question, but I think I was concentrating on a young lady named Claudia who smelled great and sat in front of me during that part.
Maybe something to do with the keys being laid out so the more frequently often used ones were in easier to get to spots and lesser used ones more out of the way? Even after all that training I'm still a hunt'n pecker!

Originally posted by Jimbo


.....to do with the keys being laid out so the more frequently often used ones were in easier to get to spots and lesser used ones more out of the way? Even after all that training I'm still a hunt'n pecker!.........


It's just the opposite, the most commonly used letters are out of the way where the weaker fingers have to be used. (remember manual typwriters?). This was to slow down typists who were paid by the sheet in those days.

Pete