Why keyboard letters are not in alphabetical order ??

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Why keyboard letters are not in alphabetical order?

This is a very common question that alarms when we search for keys to key-in a word.

Random/Logic behind keyboard layout-let’s find it out.

Logic behind the reason

A fact: Initially in 1860s, the characters on the typewriters were arranged in alphabetical order.

In 1860’s typewriters were used to work using a set on the end of a metal bar which strikes the paper when its key was pressed. However, this procedure was not at all compatible to type faster. Still an operator had learned to type at speed by facing lot complications. Letters that placed close together on the keyboard became tangled with one another, forcing the typist to manually un-stick the type bars. This also caused staining the document frequently and jams in typewriter machine.

A business associate suggested using nice trick by splitting most commonly keys to speed up typing, so that they also don’t get tangled very often. Rearrangement of keys introduced the word QWERTY, the most commonly used modern-day keyboard layout.

The QWERTY keyboard layout

QWERTY is designed for English language. The only purpose was to rearrange the keys that were expected to be used in quick sequence where less expected to hold up with each other. The top row was planned to have all the letters for the word ‘typewriter’.

QWERTY was designed to allow one hand to move into position while the other hand strikes a key. QWERTY layout is helpful for those who use their right hand primarily for the mouse leaving the left hand type.

Arrangement of keys under QWERTY layout may not sound completely sensible to many of us today as we are now many decades ahead to that time…

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