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Re:The Story Behind the QWERTY Keyboard by kriro on Sunday May 05, 2013 @03:56PM (#5659530)
I always thought qwerty (and the other letters) were on top because they wanted to show it off and type "typewriter" as quickly as possible.
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Re:The Story Behind the QWERTY Keyboard by clhodapp on Sunday May 05, 2013 @04:04PM (#5659553)
If this were true, they would be the home row
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Re:The Story Behind the QWERTY Keyboard by jes5199 on Sunday May 05, 2013 @04:37PM (#5659648)
the concept of "home row" is part of touch typing, which was invented 15 years after the QWERTY layout
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