QWERTY is the most used modern-day keyboard layout on English-language computer and typewriter keyboards. It takes its name from the first six characters seen in the far left of the keyboard's top row of letters.
The QWERTY keyboard layout was devised and created in the early 1870s by Christopher Sholes, a newspaper editor and printer who lived in Milwaukee.
The QWERTY layout depicted in Sholes' 1878 patent includes a few differences from the modern layout, most notably in the absence of the numerals 0 and 1, with each of the remaining numerals shifted one position to the left of their modern counterparts.
Also, the W and E were switched. This was done because the letter E is the most commonly used letter in the English language. Sholes felt that it would be more convenient if it was placed within easy access of the strongest finger.
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Glad to know that the finger for the letter e is everyone's strongest. I thought that was just mine because I use it so often when driving.
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