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QWERTY - Purpose |  | QWERTY - Purpose: Encyclopedia II - QWERTY - Purpose |  | Frequently-used pairs of letters were separated in an attempt to stop the typebars from intertwining and becoming stuck, thus forcing the typist to manually unstick the typebars and also frequently blotting the document. The home row (ASDFGHJKL) of the QWERTY layout is thought to be a remnant of the old alphabetical layout that QWERTY replaced. QWERTY also attempted to alternate keys between hands, allowing one hand to move into position while the other hand strikes home a key. This sped up both the original double-handed hunt-and-peck techn ...
See also:QWERTY, QWERTY - Purpose, QWERTY - Languages other than English, QWERTY - Alternative keyboard layouts, QWERTY - Trivia |  | | QWERTY, QWERTY - Alternative keyboard layouts, QWERTY - Languages other than English, QWERTY - Purpose, QWERTY - Trivia, Ergonomics, Fitts' law, Dvorak Simplified Keyboard, Maltron keyboard, Path dependence, DHIATENSOR, XPeRT Keyboard, Asdf, WASD, QWERTZ |  | |
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QWERTY - Purpose
Frequently-used pairs of letters were separated in an attempt to stop the typebars from intertwining and becoming stuck, thus forcing the typist to manually unstick the typebars and also frequently blotting the document. The home row (ASDFGHJKL) of the QWERTY layout is thought to be a remnant of the old alphabetical layout that QWERTY replaced. QWERTY also attempted to alternate keys between hands, allowing one hand to move into position while the other hand strikes home a key. This sped up both the original double-handed hunt-and-peck technique and the later touch typing technique; however, single-handed words such as stewardesses and monopoly show flaws in the alternation.
It has often been noted that the word typewriter can be typed entirely using the top row of the QWERTY keyboard: it has been speculated that this may have been a factor in the choice of keys for ease of demonstration.
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