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Troll_Bait · Posted: Mon May 22, 2006 12:10 am Post subject: mithridates, this is for you

Qwerty Query: Why Do We Still Type This Way?

I went to our town's middle school last night to hear Willard Daggett, an education consultant, talk about the dismal job we are doing educating our kids for a global economy they will be hard-pressed to compete in. Big issues, but one small one caught my ear.

The Qwerty keyboard. We've been using it since the 1870s, when typewriter inventor C.L. Sholes moved letters around the keyboard so typewriter keys would stop jamming.

Well, we don't use typewriters anymore. Technology has caught up with human dexterity. Jamming keys are no longer a problem.

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Computer-Related Repetitive Stress Injuries

mithridates · Posted: Tue May 23, 2006 3:04 am Post subject:

Over 1,000 comments! It's good to see a prominent blogger address the primitive dinosaur that is the qwerty keyboard. Thanks.