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& who else wonders why a computer keyboard isn't in alphabetical

& who else
wonders why a computer keyboard isn't in alphabetical order..?

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dreamofdragons 1 decade ago

I read about this the other day and it was so that in the day people using typewriters wouldn't be slowed down because the common letters in the alphabet would be so close together.

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Taita 1 decade ago

It was to slow down people's typing so the typewriters wouldn't get jammed. If you've ever noticed, if the keyboard was in alphabetical order, all the letters that are most commonly used would be on one side of the keyboard.

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randi* 1 decade ago

meeeeeee

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I_NomHands 1 decade ago

I knoww:
Because a flabajillion years ago, when they had to send their papers to the printing press and stamp out the letters, people would go too fast pressing the buttons so they rearranged the letters so they'd have more time between people sending in their stuffsss

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brookiexcookie 1 decade ago

i guess its just easier to type...good question though

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pinkfleur21 1 decade ago

oh my goshh...there was a lecture on this in computer class today... it was in the 1800s to slow down people from typing because it would jam the typewriters...now do i think that's true?
i dont know

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iHeartFour 1 decade ago

its just so that its easier to type, otherwise one hand would type a lot more than the other... to put it simply :)

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artlover101 1 decade ago

:'[ me and HIM made an alphebetical keyboard together. Just for the Heck oof it. what greaztt memoriess we had togetherr. not anymore though </3 :'[
fml

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mumba27 1 decade ago

okay this may be a stupid question but im new on witty.. haha how do you make the whole background dark like that? POST ON MY WALL THE ANSWER PLEASE<3

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ImJustMeh 1 decade ago

curiouser and curiouser....

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rissa01 1 decade ago

its because its how typewriters were made so they decided to make them the same

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SixteenDegrees 1 decade ago

no what actually happend was the guy who created the type writer needed more time between typing for else the typewriter would get jammed so he made it in qwerty so people would type slower, but it turns out its the fastest keyboard there is. lol i learned that in social studies

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hellothereitsmealexis 1 decade ago

maybe it is in alphabetical order but we're just saying the alphabet in the wrong order..

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tallgreenmonster 1 decade ago

Some keyboards are in alphabetical order, but the most common one used in America is the QWERTY style. The most used letters are in the middle row and the lesser used on the top and bottom rows. It makes it easier to use. I wanted to know a few years ago so I did some research.

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InMyEyes_3 1 decade ago

no joke i asked my mom this the other day, she thought i was dumb for asking glad to know im not the only one!

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xodancingqueen96xo 1 decade ago

its cause the middle is the letters most used when typing[most convenient to get to], the top is the middle, and the bottom is the least.

learned this in typing class :P

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