Last typewriter factory in the world shuts its doors

[Scott Allen]

On 27 April 2011 19:25, Russell reiter <rreiter91-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> [...] the qwerty keyboard was designed to slow the
> operator down so as not to jam up the keys.

This often quoted myth is not true. It was designed to reduce jamming
so the operator could type FASTER.
<http://home.earthlink.net/~dcrehr/whyqwert.html>

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Scott
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