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Topic	The QWERTY layout is terrible
Slaya4 06/29/20 1:43:47 PM #41:	Jabodie posted... My biggest issue is that I never use the right shift key. As I've learned how to type properly I've been using the right shift key, but before yeah I never used it. It was mostly a waste of space. The CAPS lock is also in a terrible position. I have a key board to where I can switch CAPS lock and the left control key and it's been significantly better. LightHawKnight posted... How do you know that if your are new at it? QWERTY came about after testing, what evidence do you have? Why do I have to be "good" at something in order to have an opinion on it. I type at ~70 wpm now. When can I start having an opinion on something? Why is a significant amount of research not "good enough?" Just look at the heatmap. How can anyone look at that and say, "yeah, it's efficient." Christopher Sholes himself keep improving the QWERTY layout and before he died had a layout completely different than QWERTY. If the inventor wasn't satisfied with his own product that carries more weight than somebody who blindly follows it. The only reason why we are stuck with it is because manufacturers provided to the masses the fastest not because it's the end all be all. It was simply, "good enough," but in modern society good enough isn't good enough. QWERTY served its purpose but it time to move onto something better and healthier. Guide posted... --- Am I going too hard? <cite>Slaya4 posted [p:941431756] in The QWERTY... [t:78807776]...</cite> <quote>Jabodie posted... </cite> <quote>My biggest issue is that I never use the right shift key.</quote> As I've learned how to type properly I've been using the right shift key, but before yeah I never used it. It was mostly a waste of space. The CAPS lock is also in a terrible position. I have a key board to where I can switch CAPS lock and the left control key and it's been significantly better. LightHawKnight posted... </cite> <quote>How do you know that if your are new at it? QWERTY came about after testing, what evidence do you have?</quote> Why do I have to be "good" at something in order to have an opinion on it. I type at ~70 wpm now. When can I start having an opinion on something? Why is a significant amount of research not "good enough?" Just look at the heatmap. How can anyone look at that and say, "yeah, it's efficient." Christopher Sholes himself keep improving the QWERTY layout and before he died had a layout completely different than QWERTY. If the inventor wasn't satisfied with his own product that carries more weight than somebody who blindly follows it. The only reason why we are stuck with it is because manufacturers provided to the masses the fastest not because it's the end all be all. It was simply, "good enough," but in modern society good enough isn't good enough. QWERTY served its purpose but it time to move onto something better and healthier. Guide posted...</cite> --- Am I going too hard?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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