The reason dates back to the time of manual typewriters. When first invented , they had keys arranged in an alphabetical order, but people typed so fast that the mechanical character arms got tangled ...
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Why aren't keyboard letters in ABCDE order? The surprising truth behind the QWERTY layout
Have you ever wondered why keyboard letters are not arranged in a simple ABCDE sequence? At first glance, it might seem logical to place letters in alphabetical order to make typing easier and faster.
Why not change the order in which we teach the alphabet to the QWERTY keyboard layout, Linda Phillips asks (Letters, 29 February). Well, not every language that uses the Latin alphabet uses that ...
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