On Tue, 2003-02-11 at 17:04, Tim Sweetman wrote: > "Randal L. Schwartz" wrote: > > > > >>>>> "Peter" == Peter Pimley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > Peter> ... he says, writing on his QWERTY keyboard > > > > <http://www.independent.org/tii/news/liebowitz_economist.html> > > (Precis: the fable of the QWERTY keyboard - that it was designed to slow > typists DOWN, and yet has remained in use - appears to be false. > Leibowitz goes on to argue against "path-dependence" in other areas, > apparently).
Is this a restating or misunderstanding of the real reason^h^h^h^h^h^hfable that it was so that it reduced the chances of a typist jamming two letter hammers together, by moving letters that commonly follow each other away from each other's striking arcs? This was also the main reason to learn touch typing to classical music to obtain a nice regular typing beat at the just below the maximum effective speed of the mechanicals. Just curious... Dirk -- Please Note: Some Quantum Physics Theories Suggest That When the Consumer Is Not Directly Observing This Product, It May Cease to Exist or Will Exist Only in a Vague and Undetermined State.
