Ever wondered why keys on your keyboard were never arranged alphabetically? Instead, even today we use the QWERTY keyboard system i.e. the first keys on the top left of the keyboard are Q-W-E-R-T-Y.
This system is said to have evolved from the manner keys were arranged on a typewriter. If you see, all the alphabets T-Y-P-E-W-W-R-I-T-E-R are on the top row of the alphabet keys!
When the first few typewriters came there was no method to typing, we were still learning through hunt and peck. If you ever get your hands on a typewriter you would know how keys can get entangled and jammed if more than one key is pressed at the same time. The QWERTY system reduced jams by slowing you down. It was harder to pile key strokes on top of each other.
Never mind that eight-fingered touch-typing could be a lot faster with a better keyboard, we have learned and evolved our typing skills to be faster with the QWERTY arrangement, as mindless or awkward it may seem.
