What is the logic behind the keyboard layout? Why the keyboard keys are not arranged alphabetically? Why are the keyboard letters arranged that way? Let's find out.
We've always read the English alphabet alphabetically, but have you ever noticed that they are written randomly on a computer keyboard?
The typewriter was originally invented in the 1870s by an American named Christopher Latham Sholes. He was born in 1819 in the US state of Pennsylvania.
At 14, he started working in a printing press. In a short time, he became quite proficient in printing. He later became the editor of a newspaper but also worked in the printing field. One day his employees went on strike, and he became furious and built a machine that would do the printing itself.
Sholes published several books, and stamps were used to put the numbers on pages. He then teamed up with a friend to build a machine that would make it easier to put numbers on the pages of a book.
The shape of this machine is like today's typewriters. Sholes heard of a typewriter on display in London.
It was shaped like a piano. Sholes built a simple machine. He made a man named Glandon his partner, who was very hardworking and smart.
After a lot of hard work and effort in 1868, he made the first typewriter. Pleased with the success he had achieved after such hard work, he typed many letters to his friends.
The typewriter print was also neat and good. However, there were still many flaws that were gradually fixed. And finally, the typewriter is complete in every way.
Its inventors transferred the production rights to the New York-based Remington Company, and the Remington Company began making typewriters. Since then, hundreds of types of typewriters have been developed, which can type both lowercase and uppercase letters.
Red letters can also be drawn under words or sentences when printing letters. A piece of paper is attached to the length to show that the line is finished.
Now there are electronic typewriters available. Some typewriters don't even have a rattling sound. Emerging/embossed letter typewriters are also available for the blind. In the beginning, when typewriters came on the market, their type was hideous and only two or three fingers could be used, but today's typewriters have a very good type. They are worked with ten fingers of both hands.
The Reason Behind The QWERTY Keyboard
To solve this, Christopher Latham Sholes developed a QWERTY sequence in which the most used words were moved to different places to avoid these problems. The keys/letters were randomly placed to slow down typing and to put a stop to key jams. Now, this keyboard key layout has become the standard.