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Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2011 12:22:15 +0300
Subject: Re: Keyboard Layout: Dvorak vs Colemak: is it Worthwhile to Improve the Dvorak Layout?
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On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 11:30, Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> wrote:
> Competing rumour: The layout was designed such that "typewriter" could
> be typed out using only the top row, to improve demo speed by a factor
> of three.
>

Utter nonsense. The QWERTY keyboard was - and this is verified fact -
designed the way is was because the inventor's mother in law's
initials were AS and his father is law was DF. The letter combinations
JK and L; were his childrens' initials.

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