"Why aren't the letters on the keyboard in alphabetical order?" asked every child ever when presented with a keyboard. Most of us were taught that the man who invented the keyboard created the QWERTY design to slow typists down. The faster someone typed, the more often the typewriter jammed, so Christopher Scholes put common letters in hard-to-reach spots.
This popular theory is not true. According to a story, the QWERTY keyboard was created based on the advice of telegraph operators. Telegraph operators used the first keyboards to translate morse code, and the keyboards were built for that.
The QWERTY controversy is coming to light now, as techies reconsider the utility of the keyboard configuration. The time has come, some say, to revise the keyboard for an increasingly mobile world.
The recently unveiled KALQ keyboard for smartphones is made for typing with just your thumbs.