[GreenKeys] Fwd: BBC GETS IT WRONG !! News - Why do we all use Qwerty keyboards?

[David Christ]

Indeed.  And to state it in positive terms the design was intended to 
enable clerks (secretaries) to type faster not to slow them down.

David

At 5:41 PM -0500 8/12/10, Don Robert House wrote:
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>The article incorrectly claims that QWERTY was chosen to "slow down"
>typists.
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>...You and I know that the design prevented adjacent letters in English
>words from jamming the keys when pressed in rapid succession - an
>explanation which Wikipedia gets right. In fact, the entire Wikipedia
>article is well-written, complete, and interesting (at least to me).
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>While it is often said that QWERTY was designed to "slow down"
>typists, this is incorrect - it was designed to prevent jams.
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>Thinking of you,
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>Frank