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Redemption_762
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http://joey.ubuntu-rocks.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/ubuntu-full-keyboard-straight-on-924.jpg
I was wondering who invented the keyboard,why he/she did it,and why did he/she put the letters on a keyboard in a certain order.
Can anyone tell me why?
What do you think?

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Redemption_762
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I am terribly sorry for the double post,but here image didn't turn put right and here is the link.
http://joey.ubuntu-rocks.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/ubuntu-full-keyboard-straight-on-924.jpg

hylian
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hylian
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Sorry for double post but here is a comic that explains it in a funny way.

http://www.trigeminal.com/images/pearls-before-swine.png

Kanos
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Old typewriters had the metels keys that printed onto the paper. When you started typing faster, letters that were close together would start jamming up against each other.
Thus they moved the most common letters furthur apart. When the keyboard was invented, they stuck with the same layout because thats what people were used to.

Pazx
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`1234567890-=QWERTYUIOP[]ASDFGHJKL;'ZXCVBNM,./â¢â-â-â¦â£â âºâ»â¥â»âºMXc,7Bââ»!§}ÃWPXâ£â£7â"â"+ÏÏ!â""¬â4àÃÃâ£â-W24â£5⣠â«â£5â£Â¡ÃDW

Bah, I was just typing almost everything... anyways that comic and wikipedia page explain it well.

Redemption_762
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Thank you for the explanation hylian.
Now,one of life's greatest mysteries is solved.

ManUtd4life096
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No, the greatest of life's mysteries is Michael Jackson.

Roadripper
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Now,one of life's greatest mysteries is solved.


Been solved for a long time..?

No, the greatest of life's mysteries is Michael Jackson.


True! I have to say that nobody will ever figure that one out.
hycb09
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yes it is true
their placing were mostly based on their frequency in words and according to their location to other commonly occuring letters

dudeguy45
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but it still doesnt help!

Graham
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when you learn how to type fast it sure does help

tennisman24
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I have been wondering that to. Probably a guy who works for computers.

slayguy8
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No, the greatest of life's mysteries is Michael Jackson.

lol manutd4life
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