ok try to answer this

[Pete]

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