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’ ...

The QWERTY keyboard has puzzled many since its invention in the 1870s, but there's indeed a method to its seemingly random configuration. Initially featuring an alphabetical setup, newspaper editor ...

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.

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 ...

August 27, 2007 The name Christopher Sholes probably doesn’t ring a bell in the mind of the average person, but if they knew of his contribution to modern technology they might well wish to throttle ...

How intuitive are modern keyboards? It can take a beginner ages to really get up to speed with a QWERTY keyboard, and without some form of formal training, most people wind up becoming one-finger ...