@TGITechday That was just a tripod tilt. As for the "er", Sholes' previous design to QWERTY had the period key where the R is, but Remington wanted all the letters together. "E" will really always be in a bad place because it is the most used letter in English.
@nicdem25 Vowel-vowel combinations are actually a lot more rare than vowel-consonant ones. So, while you notice them more, they happen less. Just look at the preceding two sentences. There are 3 vowel-vowels and 29 vowel-consonants. Sholes' original design actually put all the vowels together on the top row.
As a kid I loved playing with the type writer and seeing what words would jam the thing up lol. Wouldn't dare to risk it now though because they are much more rare objects!
@alex6557TV Because there are no number "words", so a person is just as likely to type 123 as they are to type 249. There is no way of knowing what number combinations would be more common, so they are just in order. Random bonus trivia: Older typewriters don't have a "1" key- you use the lower case "L" to make it.
Hey Matt...I'm a high school business teacher. I think I'll start the first day back from Christmas vacation showing this video in my computer class! Thanks!
@HBlakeH If you just want the sounds. Logic Pro will have them(all the same ones) and that is still available. You may have to download the extra packages or use install dvd but that shouldn't be too bad.
You can also write the word typewriter using only the top row of letters - apparently this was a sales pitch to show how you could type really quickly: They had one word you could type uncommonly fast. :)
I went to the Ben Franklin exhibit at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science and they made it seem like Franklin invented the QWERTY layout. However a quick wiki search shows indeed Christopher Sholes did it. Glad I watched your video!
Pretty sure my mum explained the qwerty layout to me when I was younger lol. She made me learn to type on a typewriter too ... Even though I was born in the 90s!!! Good stuff though lol.
Goo video Matt.. I've actually looked into getting a Dvorak style keyboard and learning to type in the original method as it is a much faster way to type..
Yep, but that's only true if you use a "small" or basic dictionary (it also ties with perpetuity, proprietor, & repertoire). If you use an unabridged dictionary the longest word is "rupturewort".
I've always wandered what happens if you make a mistake while using a typewriter .. Is there like a backspace button ?? Thanks for the thoughtful video !!
@itstheniceguyme Nope, QWERTY actually slows typing speed. Hence the reason layouts like DVORAK were developed. To use your alternating hand example, QWERTY is actually completely unbalanced and favors the left hand.
Loving that first shot in this video, did you have the tri-pod on two legs and move it forwards to create that effect? It's a really interesting a professional-looking effect!
LOL, I was thinking the same exact thing. I can't imagine using a different system.. I had no idea but do remember as a kid the old typewriters... We had one ! Heck I even took typing class in school. Thank goodness because I never ever imagined how much I would end up typing later on in my life. Blessing..........
I spent some time 10 years ago in London, where the computer cafe's had computers that were NOT QWERTY, (DVORAK?),I had a problem adjusting, for sure. I never did find out what type of keyboard I was using, but people got used to my common mistakes in my emails back to the states.
I remember reading up on this, the dvorak keyboard is a more efficient, samller chance of error way of typing, but because the tradition of the qwerty keyboard was so deeply embedded tradition took over rather than efficiency.
Wow thanks a lot!! I was told it had something to do with that by having a qwerty keyboard you'd type stuff more easily because the letters you use are at some kind of a useful position. (I don't remember it exactly) Lol this time I actually learned something I didn't know :)
Hi Matt, I never knew that the keys were placed to prevent jams. I thought it was to make typing common letter combinations faster to type, I guess thats the Dvorak layout. Off Topic but, I'm looking for a better lens than the Canon 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS II (Kit Lens) I want a better lens that covers about the same focal length. I saw the 24-70 f/2.8L but its over my budget. Are there any other good "kit replacements"? Thanks!
there is also a theory it was qwerty as a marketing tool as you can spell typewriter on the top line to demostrate the speed of of keyboards when salesmen were hawking the first ones to the public
@PenroseFilms Nope, that is completely false. ETAION are the top six most common letters in English, and a quick glance at your keyboard will show that they are spread all over the place. The closest key to the center, "G", is actually the 17th most used letter.
Do you know when (and why, if there is an interesting reason) the X and C switched and when the M moved down (as opposed to their positions at 1:11 in the video)?
What a way to make someone feel old. I'm only 43 and can't imagine that there are people who've never seen an old-fashioned typewriter. Is it a good thing that successive generations don't seem to know/care what came before them, or is it just a waste of time to learn your history, especially when it comes to technology? I mean, really, I've only ever used a washing machine, but I know what a washboard is. I've never worked on a farm, but I know what a scythe is, or how a manual plow was hooked up to an animal to till the fields. And some of these comments!!?!?! "Duh, I always WONDERED how a QWERTY keyboard got its start." You mean to tell me you couldn't look it up on the internet yourself? Heaven help us, we're in trouble when millennials get into power.
Since 'z' and 'x' are so awkward to reach, I always assumed that the keyboard was designed to make the most commonly used letters the easiest to reach with one's fingers.
By how much did replacing the ABCDEF with QWERTY layout reduce the jam rate? Wasn't it better to improve to actual typing mechanism? Cause it seems that with just any layout you will have some jam rate..
No, that's not correct. Its a common misconception that QWERTY was made to slow typing down. In fact, because of the homekey layout QWERTY is faster than ABCD. Its all about letter proximity. Typing even at a moderate speed will jam a straight alphabetical keyboard. QWERTY's only goal was to space out common letter combinations, not slow typing.
Awesome video! I have a mechanical typewriter too, and it’s in Russian ЙЦУКЕН-layout, also a standard. Unfortunately one key broke :( Still, I use it sometimes when the power goes out. Really helpful!
I've seen one of these Typewriters in my dad's room when I was a kid...
I remember it perfectly ;D !!
Love the color grading in this video. Great job Matt!
Matt, i just wanted to say, I REALLY like and appreciate the style in which you film your videos with all the closeups and angles. GREAT VID!
I love these videos that you've been creating lately, the format is great and they're very informative. Keep up the great work!
@TGITechday That was just a tripod tilt. As for the "er", Sholes' previous design to QWERTY had the period key where the R is, but Remington wanted all the letters together. "E" will really always be in a bad place because it is the most used letter in English.
@nicdem25 Vowel-vowel combinations are actually a lot more rare than vowel-consonant ones. So, while you notice them more, they happen less. Just look at the preceding two sentences. There are 3 vowel-vowels and 29 vowel-consonants. Sholes' original design actually put all the vowels together on the top row.
As a kid I loved playing with the type writer and seeing what words would jam the thing up lol. Wouldn't dare to risk it now though because they are much more rare objects!
You have never stop interesting me in what ever you do a video on.
@alex6557TV Because there are no number "words", so a person is just as likely to type 123 as they are to type 249. There is no way of knowing what number combinations would be more common, so they are just in order. Random bonus trivia: Older typewriters don't have a "1" key- you use the lower case "L" to make it.
Hey Matt...I'm a high school business teacher. I think I'll start the first day back from Christmas vacation showing this video in my computer class! Thanks!
Nice to hear some history of our common Keyboard. Good video!
Wow I always wondered why the modern keyboard is formatted as such, thanks Matt for creating this!
@HBlakeH If you just want the sounds. Logic Pro will have them(all the same ones) and that is still available. You may have to download the extra packages or use install dvd but that shouldn't be too bad.
You can also write the word typewriter using only the top row of letters - apparently this was a sales pitch to show how you could type really quickly: They had one word you could type uncommonly fast. :)
I went to the Ben Franklin exhibit at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science and they made it seem like Franklin invented the QWERTY layout. However a quick wiki search shows indeed Christopher Sholes did it. Glad I watched your video!
Pretty sure my mum explained the qwerty layout to me when I was younger lol. She made me learn to type on a typewriter too ... Even though I was born in the 90s!!! Good stuff though lol.
There's 2 at my grandparents house. They look much older than yours. I have experienced the key bars getting stuck against each other.
@ConradsenFilms On popular videos, the view count updates every few hours, while the like count updates instantly.
Goo video Matt.. I've actually looked into getting a Dvorak style keyboard and learning to type in the original method as it is a much faster way to type..
Yep, but that's only true if you use a "small" or basic dictionary (it also ties with perpetuity, proprietor, & repertoire). If you use an unabridged dictionary the longest word is "rupturewort".
great! you reminded me of my old typewriter, i used to write short stories on it when i was a kid. I hope that i will be able to find it:)
I've always wandered what happens if you make a mistake while using a typewriter .. Is there like a backspace button ??
Thanks for the thoughtful video !!
@itstheniceguyme Nope, QWERTY actually slows typing speed. Hence the reason layouts like DVORAK were developed. To use your alternating hand example, QWERTY is actually completely unbalanced and favors the left hand.
Loving that first shot in this video, did you have the tri-pod on two legs and move it forwards to create that effect? It's a really interesting a professional-looking effect!
Very Cool Video... I never thought about it before... and I used to use an old typewriter
Thanks for posting... I love to learn know things
This was really intresting Matt, more videos like this please.
LOL, I was thinking the same exact thing.
I can't imagine using a different system..
I had no idea but do remember as a kid the old typewriters...
We had one ! Heck I even took typing class in school.
Thank goodness because I never ever imagined how much I would end up typing later on in my life.
Blessing..........
Even though the keys are mixed up, I still know where they are to type fast.
@Terrystearsatlfc Haha. Its working great, its just in storage next to all my old Macs while I've been traveling.
THANK YOU MATT! This was an awesome very informative episode! Please make more!
I spent some time 10 years ago in London, where the computer cafe's had computers that were NOT QWERTY, (DVORAK?),I had a problem adjusting, for sure. I never did find out what type of keyboard I was using, but people got used to my common mistakes in my emails back to the states.
I remember reading up on this, the dvorak keyboard is a more efficient, samller chance of error way of typing, but because the tradition of the qwerty keyboard was so deeply embedded tradition took over rather than efficiency.
Finally! It's about time somebody explained!
I always thought QWERTY was used most often because it was the fastest to type with. I now wonder which layout is the fastest for typing.
Wow thanks a lot!! I was told it had something to do with that by having a qwerty keyboard you'd type stuff more easily because the letters you use are at some kind of a useful position. (I don't remember it exactly)
Lol this time I actually learned something I didn't know :)
Loved this video!
Keep doing things like this!
Knew most of the information before but the video was so well made i had to watch anyway :) great job.
This video is just brilliant :).
Awesome video Matt! Can you do a video looking at the Macintosh Portable from 1989? That would be awesome!
@Alex55KHS I've got a couple ideas for a 30-45 minute documentary that I'll probably fund through Kickstarter. Its one of my goals for 2012.
The layout allowed the salesman to type TYPEWRITER all from the same horizontal bar.
dvorak is perfect because it has you're home keys as the most used keys, all next to each other
I am old enough to have had typewriters. :(. I love the video even if I knew most of the stuff. Awesome as always.
Haha, I switched to Dvorak a few years back, and I've never regretted it!
Dude... you make such great videos! Congratz
great history lesson, was beautifully shot and entertaining to watch
Thats really interesting actually. You should make more of this kind of thing.
This is why i use Dvorak. The keys are made to maximize your typing speed and accuracy. :)
As a kid I would try to jam the key bars on purpose just to see how tangled up I could make the typewriter :)
This was such an informative video! Thanks matt!
Could you do a history video of the mouse since I know it was invented in the 1950s but not to the consumer market until the 1980s?
My computer typing class in high school actually had a mechanical typewriter that at one point we had to learn how to use.
Hi Matt, I never knew that the keys were placed to prevent jams. I thought it was to make typing common letter combinations faster to type, I guess thats the Dvorak layout. Off Topic but, I'm looking for a better lens than the Canon 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS II (Kit Lens) I want a better lens that covers about the same focal length. I saw the 24-70 f/2.8L but its over my budget. Are there any other good "kit replacements"? Thanks!
Never knew the reason for their order, thanks for the interesting history!
Really great job Matt :) Subbed!
there is also a theory it was qwerty as a marketing tool as you can spell typewriter on the top line to demostrate the speed of of keyboards when salesmen were hawking the first ones to the public
@PenroseFilms Nope, that is completely false. ETAION are the top six most common letters in English, and a quick glance at your keyboard will show that they are spread all over the place. The closest key to the center, "G", is actually the 17th most used letter.
I had always thought that Dvorak was a giant viking man with an axe
Do you know when (and why, if there is an interesting reason) the X and C switched and when the M moved down (as opposed to their positions at 1:11 in the video)?
I'm pretty sure anybody could figure out the layout of the "KEYBOARD!" is tested, well working, and the best possible configured way.
I like this! You just taught me something new! Thanks Matt! :3
@MattsMacintosh but isnt there a 1?
and what about typewriters in different languages which have accents on some letters like french or swedish?
nice job Matt! I love your VIDEOS!!! :)
whoa. I'd like the macboo.. no wait! The typewriter ,please. Looks like soooo much fun:D
Where can you get Soundtrack Pro now that Apple does not make it anymore?
Very interesting. Great video
How did you do that cool pan at the beginning? Oh and also, did they think the "er" ending wasn't a common key combination?
What a way to make someone feel old. I'm only 43 and can't imagine that there are people who've never seen an old-fashioned typewriter. Is it a good thing that successive generations don't seem to know/care what came before them, or is it just a waste of time to learn your history, especially when it comes to technology? I mean, really, I've only ever used a washing machine, but I know what a washboard is. I've never worked on a farm, but I know what a scythe is, or how a manual plow was hooked up to an animal to till the fields. And some of these comments!!?!?! "Duh, I always WONDERED how a QWERTY keyboard got its start." You mean to tell me you couldn't look it up on the internet yourself? Heaven help us, we're in trouble when millennials get into power.
Very interesting video, I've always wanted to know where QWRTY came from.
@julien199302 but they're rarely in a word where all three letters are in succession
Is that really the case? Then why are e and r so close? Do we not use them a lot together?
Yes I am glad you did not fall for the myth of 'it was to slow typists down' lol :o)
Since 'z' and 'x' are so awkward to reach, I always assumed that the keyboard was designed to make the most commonly used letters the easiest to reach with one's fingers.
This stuff is amazing, keep it up!
wow, i didn't notice that until now! thanks :)
Isn't E and R commonly typed together? why is it placed next to eachother on the keyboard then?
By how much did replacing the ABCDEF with QWERTY layout reduce the jam rate? Wasn't it better to improve to actual typing mechanism? Cause it seems that with just any layout you will have some jam rate..
@AlexFoeShizzle Happy Birthday!
Awesome video as usual!
No, that's not correct. Its a common misconception that QWERTY was made to slow typing down. In fact, because of the homekey layout QWERTY is faster than ABCD. Its all about letter proximity. Typing even at a moderate speed will jam a straight alphabetical keyboard. QWERTY's only goal was to space out common letter combinations, not slow typing.
Great video, thanks for sharing!
Great video, Matt!
interesting video. I subbed, so keep em coming!
COOL... always wanted to know how the history of KEYBOARD started out..
AZERTY was the French keyboard, in Italy we used QZERTY and had M on the center line after L However today we use QWERTY keyboards on PCs
Can you get the same result with editing this movie in iMovie 11 as you get with FCPX like you now did?
Another fun fact: The longest word u can type just on the top row of the letters is typewriter :D
Great vid, great execution, and love the end ... isn't it interesting
Awesome video!
I have a mechanical typewriter too, and it’s in Russian ЙЦУКЕН-layout, also a standard. Unfortunately one key broke :(
Still, I use it sometimes when the power goes out. Really helpful!
I always wondered about this haha :) nice video!
I used a typewriter back when i was in pre-school!
Its like I'm watching History Channel!
great job! keep up the good work
Nice video. Very pro (:
And thanks for telling me! Something we should be learning in 8th grade by now! I really wish we did, LOL
I have always wanted to know :D Thanks for clarifying ;)
how come the numbers are still together
History classes with MattsMacintosh!
With the first row of the keys you can make the word "typewriter" :)
Thanks
Hay I learned something today thanks u would of never thought