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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;messydesk, post: 4577564, member: 1765&quot;]While Remington developed the QWERTY layout, there&#039;s actually no proof anywhere showing exactly why it was established.&nbsp; The popular belief that it was to slow down typists doesn&#039;t make logical sense, because typists became fast again after learning it, requiring a new layout every so often.&nbsp; Anything other than a QWERTY layout today would be considered non-ergonomic, but only temporarily.&nbsp; As an exercise, set your keyboard to German or French for a day, which is a minor deviation, and see how that works.</p><p><br /></p><p>The initial deviations from the alphabetical layout that Sholes &amp; Glidden had on their typewriter, which was then further developed and sold by Remington had to do with moving keys around to avoid type bars jamming when adjacent letters were used, thus speeding up the typist. The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QWERTY" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QWERTY" rel="nofollow">QWERTY Wikipedia page</a> shows some of the evolutionary steps in this. There is conjecture that a study of common letter pairs influenced the layout, but no proof. Another explanation that is offered is that telegraph operators wanted similarly coded letters to be away from each other.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>While years could have been spent optimizing key placement, once something hit mass production, it became important to have a <i>de facto</i> standard established so that you could be a market leader.&nbsp; Remington&#039;s essential monopoly on mass-produced typewriters meant they could stop experimenting when it was good enough, and let everyone get used to using their standard.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ll consider that.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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