Origin of the keyboard 15, what was the keyboard invented?

The inventor of the keyboard was named Christopher Larsen Shores. The keyboard has a long history, as early as 1714, people from Britain, the United States, France, Italy, Switzerland and other countries have invented various forms of typewriters, and the earliest keyboards were used in those typewriters whose technology was not yet mature. It was not until 1868 that Christopher Larson Shores, the "father of typewriters", obtained a patent for the typewriter model and obtained the right to operate, and a few years later designed the practical form of the modern typewriter and standardized the keyboard for the first time, that is, the current "qwerty" keyboard.

The inventor of the keyboard is called Christopher Shores, who lived during the American Civil War in the 19th century, and is the Milwaukee News.

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The order of the letters on the keyboard is sorted according to the frequency of use of the letters. The reason for this is said to be this:

In the 70s of the 19th century, Shores was the largest manufacturer of typewriters at that time. Due to the imperfection of the mechanical process at that time, the rebound speed of the word key after hitting is slow, once the typist hits the key too fast, it is easy to occur the phenomenon that the two word keys are twisted together, and they must be separated very carefully by hand, which seriously affects the typing speed.

To solve this problem, designers and engineers struggled with their brains. Later, a clever engineer suggested that the reason for the typewriter twisting the keys was, on the one hand, the slow return speed of the word keys, and on the other hand, the speed of the typist.

Since we can't increase the bounce speed, why not find a way to slow down the typing speed?

This is undoubtedly a new way of thinking. There are many ways to slow down a typist, but the easiest way is to shuffle the order of the 26 letters, placing the more commonly used letters, such as letters, under awkward fingers"o"、"s"、"a"It is used very frequently, but it is struck with the most clumsy right ring finger, left ring finger and left little finger. Less frequent use"v"、"j"、"u"and other letters, but the most flexible index finger is responsible.

As a result, this kind"qwerty"The keyboard was born and gradually finalized. Later, due to the development of material technology, the speed of the word key bounce back was much greater than the speed of the typist's keystroke, but the keyboard alphabetical order could not be changed. So far, there have been many more rational alphabetical design schemes, but none of them can be generalized, which shows how powerful the customary forces of society are.

The alphabetical order of the second line of the computer keyboard is: A, S, D, F, G, H, J, K, L.

The alphabetical order of the third line is: z, x, c, v, b, n, m.

1.I saw an article on WeChat this morning, talking about the origin of the keyboard layout, I have been in contact with the computer keyboard for so many years, and I have wondered why the keys of the computer keyboard are so designed, but unfortunately, I did not look for the reason. I thought that the reason why the predecessors designed it this way must have his reasons, and it should be scientifically calculated in combination with the characteristics of human hands.

Since then, this doubt has been lost and gradually forgotten. Until today, contact this article.

2.The article is very detailed, but if you can summarize it yourself, the harvest will be very rich. I summarize this as follows.

1) The keyboard was originally used: 26 alphabetical order.

Advantages: high typing efficiency;

Cons: Stuck key issues with fast typing.

2) In 1868, an American named Shores was known as the "father of the typewriter."

His method of improvement: the commonly used letters that are connected together are spread out and placed in remote locations.

Advantages: Reduce the probability of stuck keys.

Cons: Typist speed is reduced.

Shores declares that this arrangement is the most scientific. I just want to laugh when I see this.

3) With the advancement of technology, the problem of stuck keys has been solved, but the keyboard layout has been retained in this way.

4) Apple's first-generation computers used a keyboard designed by Shores, which allowed this design standard to flourish.

5) The current keyboard layout is actually inefficient.

6) No matter how unscientific the keyboard designed by Shores is, and no matter how efficient the newly designed keyboard is. But it has never been replaced.

3.Shores's wisdom lies in changing the soup without changing the medicine, and the problem is not solved, but it gives people the illusion of being solved, which is quite interesting to think about. Even if it is deception, it is wisdom, and who can deny it.