Most modern keyboards are QWERTY. The QWERTY layout has no regularity in the arrangement of letters, and there was some backlash when this layout first came out. Designer Martin Vyčari explains the ...

Ever noticed the non-alphabetical keyboard layout? Typewriters’ history holds the answer. Invented to speed up writing, early models jammed when keys were pressed consecutively. Christopher Sholes’ ...

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.

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Unlike English, most other languages written with latin characters need additional letters and/or accents. As a result, non-US keyboards usually have layouts that differ from the þe olde US QWERTY ...

All computer users are familiar with the standard keyboard layout – that arrangement where the keys in each row are slightly offset from the ones above and below. This is known as a staggered ...

The QWERTY keyboard layout is commonly found on computers in the United States. It was first created in the early 1870s by Christopher Latham Sholes, a newspaper editor and printer. Now that you ...

Alternative keyboards have been around for a long time, and while the traditional QWERTY keyboard won the fight, that doesn't mean the other layouts aren't worth considering. Advocates for alternative ...