For a long time, I believed the story that they QWERTY keyboard was designed to slow down typing, because typing too fast would cause jams on old typewriters, but apparently it isn't true.

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[–] 9 points 1 year ago* (3 children)

You can pry Colemak from my cold dead hands

Just don't ask me to type on somebody else's computer, because I physically cannot. I have to hunt and peck.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    I use dvorak in my keyboards but still use qwerty on the phone.

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