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		kriro on May 5, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Story Behind the QWERTY Keyboard I always thought qwerty (and the other letters) were on top because they wanted to show it off and type "typewriter" as quickly as possible.

clhodapp on May 5, 2013 [–]

If this were true, they would be the home row

jes5199 on May 5, 2013 | [–]

the concept of "home row" is part of touch typing, which was invented 15 years after the QWERTY layout

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