When I heard @BrianRoemmele explain this theory on a recent podcast it blew my mind.
Why QWERTY? So typewriter salesmen could type T-Y-P-E-W-R-I-T-E-R impressively fast in front of prospective buyers to sell more typewriters!!https://twitter.com/BrianRoemmele/status/1167061733124362240 …
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The mechanical principles of how the typewriter was built is where the above article seems pretty confused (E and R next to each other as keys doesn’t mean E and R next to each other as typebars).
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Likewise, touch typing is not necessary to attain high speeds; you can go pretty fast with hunt and pecking, too. Even before touch typing, there is evidence that the early typewriter was marketed to telegrapher operators that needed to match the existing telegraphy speeds.
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