The earliest keyboard may have appeared in the early 17th century. At that time, some people in Europe invented typewriters with immature formats, and the keyboard was used on these typewriters. In 1868, the American Christopher Latham Sholes, known as the "Father of the Typewriter," obtained the patent for the typewriter model and obtained the operating rights to the typewriter. In the following years, people designed a practical modern typewriter and standardized the basic layout of the keyboard for the first time, which gave rise to the current "QWERY" keyboard. But currently more widely used computer keyboards are commonly referred to as "keyboards".
QWERTY keyboard
Why should the keyboard be standardized into the current "WERTY" keyboard key layout? This is because the typewriter keyboard was originally arranged in alphabetical order, and the typewriter is a mechanical typing machine. Therefore, if the typing speed is too fast, a certain key combination is very prone to jamming. It was Christopher Latham Sholes who solved this problem. He invented the layout of the QWER Y keyboard. He placed the most commonly used letters in opposite directions to maximize slowdown. Increase the keystroke speed when typing to avoid key jams. Christopher Larson Shores applied for a patent for this design in 1868, and in 1873 the First Weir commercial typewriter using this layout was successfully put on the market. However, in actual use, people found that QWERTY's keyboard layout is very inefficient. For example: Under normal circumstances, people are right-handed, but using a QWERTY keyboard does the left hand bear 57% of the workload? The two little fingers and the left ring finger have no strength to press their fingers, but they have to be used frequently. The letters, which account for about 30% of the entire typing work, are stuck in the middle column of the keyboard. Therefore, in order to type a word, people often need to move their fingers up and down. In 1888, a public typing competition was held across the United States. A court stenographer named Yan Magalin performed blind typing according to clear fingering instructions. He was very fast and made an error of 3/10,000, which surprised everyone present. According to records, the bonus Magalin received at that time was 500$. Since then, many people have begun to imitate this typing method. Blind typing technology has become popular in the field of professional typing. In the United States, schools specializing in training typists have also begun to appear.