How QWERTY conquered keyboards

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  • @21whichiswhich
    @21whichiswhich 6 років тому +3348

    It so strange that when typing I know where all the letters, numbers and symbols are located, but when you ask me to recite the keyboard layout I'm lost. Lol

    • @Tina06019
      @Tina06019 6 років тому +254

      Your fingers know the keyboard.

    • @MayerJune
      @MayerJune 6 років тому +43

      Yes! I tried it just now

    • @Mokkari77
      @Mokkari77 6 років тому +263

      The wonder of muscle memory.

    • @piratecandy6310
      @piratecandy6310 6 років тому +45

      Work for phone keyboards I dont even have to look at the keyboard any more. Ah the talent of many minds

    • @lyndafaye6748
      @lyndafaye6748 6 років тому +3

      SHULLS? CHRISTOPHER LATHEM SHULLS? WHAT ? THIS GUY ISN'T PRONOUNCING THE CORRECT NAME OF THE INVENTOR OF THE "KEYBOARD'???
      GIVE US HIS FULL EXACT PRECISELY= SPELLED NAME, AND WHY ONLY TWO
      VIDEOS? THIS GUY DESERVES A HOLIDAY TOO, DON' YOU THINK? SOME GUY OUGHT
      TO INVENT LARGER KEYS FOR MEN TO BE ABLE TO USE THEM MORE EASILY, TOO,
      DON' TYOU THINK? AND I'M STILL UPSET THAT OUR GOVERNMENTAL REPS CRAMMED FOUR PRESIDENT BIRTHDAYS INTO ONE; THIS GUY DOESN'T HAVE EVEN ONE "DESIGNATED COMMERATIVE DAY" WITH WHICH WE COULD SHOW OUR RESPECT FOR HIS INVENTION " . HOW DOES ONE WRITE TO GOOGLE? TO YOU TUBE? SUPPORT DOESN'T SEEM TO "CARE" . I HAPPEN TO CARE, THAT'S ALL! ANYONE KNOW WHO GIVES A DARN? WAIT!! ONLY TWO VIDEOS ABOUT THE GUY WHO INVENTED "OUR'
      KEYBOARDS? WHAT'S GOING ON? COULDN'T WE AT LEAST CRAM ALL OF THEM INTO
      AT LEAST "ONE CELEBRATED" HOLIDAY--SUCH AS OUR GOVERNMENT HAS DONE WITH
      OUR PRESIDENTS' HAVING TO SHARE BIRTHDAYS ? Who Invented the QWERTY
      Keyboard AFTER Qwerty?CHRISTOPHER WHAT? LATHEM SHOLES ?? SPELL IT FOR
      US: NOVEMBER 17TH IS APPARENTLY A NEWLY APPOIINTED /ELECTED HOLIDAY FOR SOME ODD REASON BY SOME PERSON; NOW A HOLIDAY-DUH, IT'S MY SISTER'S BIRTHDAY. DO YOU GUYS
      REMEMBER THE GUY WHO INVENTED THE ASDFJKLM TYPING FORM? HE WAS A
      MILITARY MAN;; WE COULDN'T LIVE TODAY WITHOUT HIM ON THE INTERNET ? HOW
      ABOUT A DAY TO CELEBRATE THEY GUY WHO GAVE US THE KEYBOARD ? (EVEN IF
      THEY AREN'T LARGE ENOUGH FOR MEN'S FINGERS TO TYPE ON, RIGHT ?) LET'S
      FIND HIM, HIS NAME AT LEAST, OK????? THANKS
      (15) Who Invented the QWERTY Keyboard? -
      UA-camTHEN ASAK DIVORAK ? THE NARRATOR PRONOUNCES HIS NAME, TWO
      DIFFERENT WAYS, SO WE WON'T BE ABLE TO KNOW,...DUH, WAS HE ALSO BY
      CHANCE RELATED TO THE GREAT COMPOSER ?COMMON VOWELS(spell that so we'll
      know, too ? Thanks)
      MARK TWAIN WAS THE FIRST PURCHASER OF THE KEYBOARD/TYPEWRITER,
      THAT'S INTERESTING; THANK GOD HE GOT A HOLD OF ONE SOON!!WHAT ABOUT A
      "SPECIFIC CELEBRATED DAY" FOR MARK TWAIN TOO ?ONLY THREE YOU TUBES
      REGARDING THE INVENTION OF THE KEYBOARD, WHICH NONE OF US COULD EXIST ON
      THE INTERNET, WITHOUT ??!! ….WAIT, ? THERE ARE
      ONLY TWO VIDEOS ABOUT THE GUY WHO INVENTED "OUR' KEYBOARDS? WHAT'S
      GOING ON? COULDN'T WE AT LEAST CRAM ALL OF THEM INTO AT LEAST "ONE
      CELEBRATED" HOLIDAY--SUCH AS OUR GOVERNMENT HAS DONE WITH OUR
      PRESIDENTS' HAVING TO SHARE BIRTHDAYS ? Who Invented the QWERTY Keyboard
      AFTER Qwerty?CHRISTOPHER WHAT? LATHEM SHOLES ?? SPELL IT FOR US:
      NOVEMBER
      17TH IS NOW A HOLIDAY-DUH, IT'S MY SISTER'S BIRTHDAY. DO YOU GUYS
      REMEMBER THE GUY WHO INVENTED THE ASDFJKLM TYPING FORM? HE WAS A
      MILITARY MAN;; WE COULDN'T LIVE TODAY WITHOUT HIM ON THE INTERNET ? HOW
      ABOUT A DAY TO CELEBRATE THEY GUY WHO GAVE US THE KEYBOARD ? (EVEN IF
      THEY AREN'T LARGE ENOUGH FOR MEN'S FINGERS TO TYPE ON, RIGHT ?) LET'S
      FIND HIM, HIS NAME AT LEAST, OK????? THANKS
      (15) Who Invented the QWERTY Keyboard? -
      UA-camTHEN ASAK DIVORAK ? WAS HE ALSO BY CHANCE REALTED TO THE GREAT
      COMPOSER ?COMMON VOWELS(spell that so we'll know, too ? Thanks)
      MARK TWAIN WAS THE FIRST PURCHASER OF THE KEYBOARD/TYPEWRITER,
      THAT'S INTERESTING; THANK GOD HE GOT A HOLD OF ONE SOON!!WHAT ABOUT A
      "SPECIFIC CELEBRATED DAY" FOR MARK TWAIN TOO ?ONLY THREE YOU TUBES
      REGARDING THE INVENTION OF THE KEYBOARD, WHICH NONE OF US COULD EXIST ON
      THE INTERNET, WITHOUT ?

  • @spaghetti2777
    @spaghetti2777 5 років тому +2384

    short answer is, QWERTY was chosen by the big typewriting companies which had a monopoly on typewriters so qwerty became the default keyboard. The thing is, even that was never mentioned in the video. This video pretty much only talked about other typewriter layouts.

    • @Shadow_Reaper970
      @Shadow_Reaper970 5 років тому +8

      I love you QWERTY

    • @JB-qq1xz
      @JB-qq1xz 4 роки тому +59

      I thought they were going to actually educate the audience - perhaps talk about the reasons behind the design...the most frequently used English words? I only feel like my preconceived notions of capitalistic greed and market evolution have been reinforced, nothing more...nothing less.

    • @argisellek9249
      @argisellek9249 4 роки тому +3

      Spaghetti qwerty

    • @parrisnia72
      @parrisnia72 4 роки тому +37

      ...Didn't they just talk about that? The "trust" companies were the monopoly companies

    • @cloudoftime
      @cloudoftime 4 роки тому +16

      That's pretty much what the video talked about though...

  • @phoenix887
    @phoenix887 6 років тому +5463

    This video didn’t actually tell me anything.

    • @antdx316
      @antdx316 6 років тому +78

      Try again later.

    • @baluandhavarapu5786
      @baluandhavarapu5786 5 років тому +272

      None of the videos in this channel do. They just introduce to a topic that has no answer. And no answer means even they don't have the answer.

    • @Lucy-fn9rj
      @Lucy-fn9rj 5 років тому +97

      dude he answered to question, it's qwerty because the typewriter trust chose it. maybe watch to the end before you decide you learned nothing.

    • @HaloWolf102
      @HaloWolf102 5 років тому +92

      Notice how the title is "How QWERTY conquered keyboards"
      and not
      "Why letters are arranged on the keyboard the way they are"
      If you were expecting an answer with the former, you played yourself.

    • @Carstoast
      @Carstoast 5 років тому +19

      Usually these types of videos have some weird twist or reasoning why something is the way it is. This is just because a bunch of typewriter manufacturers came together and said "hey let's just use that one" I see where you're coming from

  • @behavior2836
    @behavior2836 4 роки тому +476

    Half the comments are people saying "this didnt tell me anything" and the rest are foreigners with different keyboard layouts

    • @anas-jl3bh
      @anas-jl3bh 4 роки тому +2

      exactly

    • @RedStoneMatt
      @RedStoneMatt 4 роки тому +8

      well fun fact even tho i have an azerty keyboard, i'm playing minecraft in wasd

    • @hoseigis6741
      @hoseigis6741 4 роки тому

      What country are you from? (I'm pretty sure you too are a foreigner).

    • @behavior2836
      @behavior2836 4 роки тому +4

      @@hoseigis6741 im from the USA

    • @kuriyamacho
      @kuriyamacho 4 роки тому +1

      @@behavior2836 Yea I guessed so. My point was that lots of countries have querty keyboards. (All my keyboards here in Japan are QUERTY :-) (When I input Japanese 日本語等、there is a toggle switch so the keys produce different input, but the keyboard is still QUERTY... And I guess I'm a foreigner :-)

  • @tubehelpr
    @tubehelpr 7 років тому +5444

    only thing I got out of this video: there are other keyboard layouts...

    • @MoonyCookie
      @MoonyCookie 7 років тому +13

      about67turtles lol ikrrr

    • @RUMPshit
      @RUMPshit 7 років тому +6

      about67turtles yeah

    • @davinmichaelgarg7915
      @davinmichaelgarg7915 7 років тому +192

      He never said why it's overrated!

    • @justaiden1268
      @justaiden1268 7 років тому +6

      about67turtles I use the QWERT SO I MISS THE Y

    • @DirtyBBird
      @DirtyBBird 7 років тому +88

      Yeah wtf, the video made some dramatic pause in the middle, just to tell you some rich people created a monopoly on printers, than didn't go into detail

  • @salamiraccoon
    @salamiraccoon 7 років тому +839

    Normally I quite enjoy these videos but it really felt like you didn't actually say anything in this one... there was no point to it. "People debate if qwerty is the best but there were others that existed, they might not have been better though, but either way qwerty is what it is" -- "Okay..."

    • @eaglecentury3409
      @eaglecentury3409 7 років тому +74

      This video was a jumbled mess. The video premise was (How QWERTY conquered). Only one line backed up the premise. "If you took a class, you took it for the most common keyboard. ". It seems like they had nothing to say and just filled it with a bunch of nonsense.

    • @bbounceab5816
      @bbounceab5816 7 років тому +8

      I was hoping he would mention other types of key setting like AZERTY

    • @eugenerider0701
      @eugenerider0701 7 років тому +2

      This video is an explanation of why modern keyboard configuration is QWERTY, if you ever had a question before. At least, I have asked this question and I wonder the reason behind this configuration.
      And there, it does explain it to me. One of the reasons I love Vox is because of this, they always catch those hard-to-detect questions and ask them, then explain them.

    • @felipook9
      @felipook9 7 років тому +9

      A huge THANK YOU. I just finished the video feeling kinda dumb and I thought it was me

    • @4lex4dventures96
      @4lex4dventures96 7 років тому

      Thomas Coull yeah it's super spread out and has a lot of information I didn't really need, like they could have gotten the same point across in half the time

  • @adireloaded
    @adireloaded 7 років тому +2462

    *So Basically at this point, People have gotten SO used to qwerty that no one wants to change it and come under fire, so it keeps going on . That's basically it.*

    • @timesink8947
      @timesink8947 7 років тому +116

      And that's all the reason we need. People have successfully typed billions of useless youtube comments with qwerty - it's working just fine.

    • @bprovendier
      @bprovendier 7 років тому +5

      A J French people got azerty keywords

    • @ketsuekikumori9145
      @ketsuekikumori9145 7 років тому +12

      summed it up in one. any improvement, marginal or otherwise, when using other layouts would take time and effort to relearn the keyboard along with the fact that if you got used to it and someone else needed to the use the computer, they would be really confused. This is assuming you're a touch typist which is something most of us need to do in today's society. I suspect any visual typist wouldn't have such a problem transitioning, but they wouldn't really see any improvement in speed or accuracy if that is the case.

    • @neelparmar6690
      @neelparmar6690 7 років тому +26

      Qwerty is a perfectly acceptable system. It's not like the 2nd amendment which is outdated and needs to be changed, qwerty is an appropriate format for typing and there's no real need to change it now.

    • @Jayloke
      @Jayloke 7 років тому +13

      Like with the Imperial Units vs the more efficient International System
      Or like the decimal system vs the more efficient duodecimal system

  • @jayled6780
    @jayled6780 4 роки тому +300

    To summarise this video:
    There used to be other keyboards.

    • @VirgoShelter
      @VirgoShelter 3 роки тому +4

      Until there weren't

    • @Xgil2Play
      @Xgil2Play 2 роки тому +1

      "All keyboards lived in harmony until the QWERTY keyboard attacked."

    • @halfsourlizard9319
      @halfsourlizard9319 Рік тому

      There still are other keyboards. F QWERTY ... and staggered boards!

  • @jake-ip9vg
    @jake-ip9vg 6 років тому +939

    this is the kind of video that doesnt show up in our recommendations until its 3am and your about to go to sleep

  • @camgood2437
    @camgood2437 7 років тому +1635

    At this point, after using the qwerty keyboard since I was a kid, I would never want to even try a different configuration of keys. I can type without looking at the keys now, but it would take me a lifetime to get that good with a new keyboard. Not to mention the fact that I've mastered the slide text on my phone, as well lol..

    • @dreamerabe
      @dreamerabe 7 років тому +44

      You can teach yourself after a while. It's just practice. It's no musical instrument which takes actual work to learn.

    • @Tu51ndBl4d3
      @Tu51ndBl4d3 7 років тому +17

      It's not that hard

    • @juliette7151
      @juliette7151 7 років тому +51

      yeah I was just about to say! I have ZERO desire to get comfortable with another arrangement of keys

    • @koober_
      @koober_ 7 років тому +14

      From typing like my mother, to becoming a fast touch typist on QWERTY, it took just about a few months in my 6th grade keyboarding class. Although everyone in my class was just as annoyed at having to learn the new style as you are, we all eventually picked it up by the end of the semester. I have no doubt that you could do the same. I think being able to touch type now might actually help you a bit. And while I also don't intend to switch because of convenience, I wouldn't be opposed to it if I was forced to, since it would take maybe a few weeks at most.

    • @saf1729
      @saf1729 7 років тому +6

      It really doesn't take that long to adapt. I am bilingual and I regularly change keyboard layout on my computer when I switch languages. I can touch-type in both easily.

  • @teazy9836
    @teazy9836 6 років тому +519

    How WASD conquered keyboard.

  • @mascot4950
    @mascot4950 2 роки тому +157

    "The definition of overrated: Something everyone uses without knowing why."
    I think someone needs to give the scriptwriter a dictionary.

    • @CubingTheSphere
      @CubingTheSphere 2 роки тому +10

      No for real. That statement of his made me upset.

    • @mascot4950
      @mascot4950 2 роки тому

      @@slavtrooper3851 Are you the scriptwriter? If not, I have no idea why you're telling me that.

    • @peterbyykkonen8901
      @peterbyykkonen8901 2 роки тому

      Yeah I'm watching this half asleep and I heard that and thought "Yeah, but... what though?"

    • @laurapopovac8633
      @laurapopovac8633 2 роки тому

      Can't deny his creativity or originality, the liberal use of "kew-er-tee" (not everyone pronounces it that way) and, what made me laugh, "machines for shooting" :)

    • @ramaslal
      @ramaslal Рік тому

      Uffhjjjkllo

  • @coconutoes
    @coconutoes 6 років тому +448

    I like how he speaks random gibberish throughout the video.

  • @MyInstantSearch
    @MyInstantSearch 7 років тому +2005

    How you type is more important than what you type, well...

    • @claytoncourtney1309
      @claytoncourtney1309 7 років тому +76

      For the people typing it is more important. The job of the typist was to type correctly and quickly it was irrelevant if they were typing a personal letter or a $1,000,000 contract.

    • @bassammalik8085
      @bassammalik8085 7 років тому +32

      tbh, that's a really slow speed in 2017

    • @scottd426
      @scottd426 7 років тому +18

      Liya Lene Ha kid u have nothing on me i can type 10 words every hour

    • @bassammalik8085
      @bassammalik8085 7 років тому

      Yo Diana i was talking to liya lene, she said she types 40 words per minute. I said that was slow. Sorry for being so unclear.

    • @krkaasyap8132
      @krkaasyap8132 7 років тому +2

      philosophy sobs

  • @meltedbutters9821
    @meltedbutters9821 7 років тому +369

    meanwhile in a parallel universe "How XPMCHR conquered keyboards"

    • @joelmontalvo62
      @joelmontalvo62 7 років тому +13

      Jack Jazzdeathform In an Unknown Univers: How *bangs head on keyboard* conquered typewriters"

    • @DJ_DubieWubie
      @DJ_DubieWubie 7 років тому +2

      Jack Jazzdeathform, how ABCDEF Conquered keyboards

    • @lastfebruary
      @lastfebruary 7 років тому +2

      Jack Jazzdeathform how asdf conquered keyboards

    • @hongyi5140
      @hongyi5140 7 років тому +1

      Jack Jazzdeathform how did WASD conquered gaming

    • @homudkweli879
      @homudkweli879 7 років тому +2

      I like to think that when we mention specific things in a parallel universe, the other side mentions us too

  • @tillie_brn
    @tillie_brn 4 роки тому +676

    0:18 "we all have these qwerty keyboards"
    Joke's on you, I'm French, we use azerty

    • @MeedyMedia
      @MeedyMedia 4 роки тому +10

      Oh. So what do u use instead of wasd

    • @na9615
      @na9615 4 роки тому +32

      @@MeedyMedia ZQSD

    • @Viviiii
      @Viviiii 4 роки тому +2

      Same

    •  4 роки тому +32

      My keyboard :
      手田水口廿卜山戈人心
      日尸木火土竹十大中
      難金女月弓一

    • @giselengimbi2705
      @giselengimbi2705 4 роки тому

      Same

  • @MiMi_MoMo
    @MiMi_MoMo 6 років тому +445

    In Korean we have all the consonants on the left side and all the vowels on the right. Personally, I think that layout is perfect, But English doesn’t have enough vowels for that layout.

    • @thecrap17yearsago35
      @thecrap17yearsago35 6 років тому

      JHerrera2004 and sometimes w

    • @LightKnight_Age_Of
      @LightKnight_Age_Of 6 років тому

      Maybe in words like "pawn", "awe", "law" etc. But I would say it's never used as a single vowel, that os, surrounded by cosumns and producing one syllable by itself. So that's still a consumn.

    • @LightKnight_Age_Of
      @LightKnight_Age_Of 6 років тому

      Maybe in words like "pawn", "awe", "law" etc. But I would say it's never used as a single vowel, that os, surrounded by cosumns and producing one syllable by itself. So that's still a consumn.

    • @manasakaguchi
      @manasakaguchi 6 років тому

      @@jERA2k lol yeah

    • @qwakyyy
      @qwakyyy 6 років тому +4


      I pressed g

  • @plshelp
    @plshelp 7 років тому +672

    French people use azerty keyboards and germans use qwertzu keyboards. And is almost the same thing.

    • @audroraa
      @audroraa 7 років тому +39

      Yeah, I'm from Switzerland and grew up using a qwertzu keyboard. When I went to America it took me a while to actually be able to type on a qwerty keyboard without having to actually look down at my keyboard.

    • @direwolf8257
      @direwolf8257 7 років тому +21

      Score Master / #ConTV qwertz not qwertzu

    • @plshelp
      @plshelp 7 років тому +11

      Dire Wolf I live in luxembourg (a small country between france and germany) and when i bought my laptop they had a choice between azerty, qwerty and qwertzU

    • @the_barna
      @the_barna 7 років тому +5

      In Hungary we use QWERTZU too.

    • @solarprogeny6736
      @solarprogeny6736 7 років тому +4

      Azertyuiop
      I'm french

  • @retrofilmwork
    @retrofilmwork 6 років тому +479

    *ABCD* has left the chat

  • @Pepa14pig
    @Pepa14pig 4 роки тому +90

    “99% chance you use qwerty”
    Europeans: wut?? There’s more than 1% of us 😂😂😂

  • @_armoricat_
    @_armoricat_ 5 років тому +844

    "There's 99% chance that you're using QWERTY keyboard"
    Me, using a AZERTY keyboard ; so am I part of the 1% ?!

  • @einHolzkopf
    @einHolzkopf 6 років тому +887

    i got QWERTZ

    • @BristolCityVideos
      @BristolCityVideos 6 років тому +31

      einHolzkopf aren’t the y and z swapped around on some?

    • @einHolzkopf
      @einHolzkopf 6 років тому +91

      QWERTZ is basically QWERTY but with y and z swapped and with ä, ö and ü.

    • @BristolCityVideos
      @BristolCityVideos 6 років тому +23

      einHolzkopf ah okay. I’m learning german at the moment:)

    • @ashhhh7335
      @ashhhh7335 6 років тому

      einHolzkopf QWERTY

    • @schnurtelefon8844
      @schnurtelefon8844 6 років тому +8

      moin du holzkopf auch hier xd

  • @oliversime4360
    @oliversime4360 7 років тому +108

    no, that's not the definition of overrated.
    o·ver·rate
    ˌōvərˈrāt/Submit
    verb
    past tense: overrated; past participle: overrated
    have a higher opinion of (someone or something) than is deserved.
    "dismissing the work as pompous and overrated"
    synonyms: overestimate, overvalue, think too much of, attach too much importance to, praise too highly
    "I think his music is overrated"

    • @mimil4193
      @mimil4193 7 років тому +15

      “We all use it, but don’t know why. That’s the definition of overrated”
      No........

    • @wadinatorthevile2805
      @wadinatorthevile2805 7 років тому +1

      Yeah, I was thinking about that.

  • @xexpaguette
    @xexpaguette 4 роки тому +7

    As a kid I never questioned QWERTY until I found out there were other keyboard types while playing in the settings. I was like: oh some people like it different.
    After that I never questioned it again, because I had video games to play.

  • @saekki1506
    @saekki1506 6 років тому +1113

    *laughing in french*

  • @Phillipx90
    @Phillipx90 5 років тому +201

    99% definitely isn’t true. Germany has QWERTZ for example

    • @WuizGaming
      @WuizGaming 5 років тому +31

      AZERTY in France basically because we use A much more than Q

    • @contributiontosociety1802
      @contributiontosociety1802 5 років тому +6

      @@WuizGaming *Belgium too

    • @des_poule_lins
      @des_poule_lins 4 роки тому

      @@contributiontosociety1802 yes finally

    • @karlteletubbyzuruckwinker8083
      @karlteletubbyzuruckwinker8083 4 роки тому

      @@existingdude4949 bruh

    • @frederikqu7717
      @frederikqu7717 4 роки тому +3

      @@WuizGaming That's the reason why we have the A below the Q. There it's easier accessable. The Q is almost useless in German and therefore it's in the last corner, where it's hard to reach

  • @eduardoborges506
    @eduardoborges506 7 років тому +207

    It is pretty easy to understand why everyone still uses qwerty. Mankind got used to it , everyone expects it , and humans tend to resist change anytime it is possible. Just look at America and the change to metric system.
    Thats it.

    • @Annika9517
      @Annika9517 7 років тому

      Eduardo Borges Yes! that's why the german keyboard still is QWERTZ Today. Because People are used to it . Y is rarely used so that's why they changed the position with the Z. (At least that's the reason I know?) oh and yeah on the right side we have additional Ü Ö Ä .

    • @scottm9502
      @scottm9502 7 років тому +6

      America should change to metric system because it's much better, has better conversions and stops mishaps like the mars one from happening again. There is no reason to switch from qwerty right now

    • @afelix
      @afelix 7 років тому +2

      The reason I know is that the "tz" combination is very common in German, so you can type it in a comfortable motion.

    • @whlnjoon5537
      @whlnjoon5537 6 років тому +1

      Andrei Felix ok that actually makes a lot of sense

    • @vdentertainment8372
      @vdentertainment8372 6 років тому

      Eduardo Borges i Use azerty mwhahahaha*sneaks away*

  • @davidtydeman1434
    @davidtydeman1434 2 роки тому +3

    In 1982 when I was a student I took a typing class and learned to touch type. It still is a valuable skill

  • @Vox
    @Vox  7 років тому +415

    If, like me, you heard QWERTY was about slowing down typists, there's a surprising amount of literature debunking it. This paper, from 1985, appears to be one of the more influential ones in the surprisingly large field of QWERTY scholarship (and it helped this video a lot).
    campus.fsu.edu/bbcswebdav/users/jcalhoun/Courses/Growth_of_American_Economy/Chapter_Supplemental_Readings/Chapter_28/David-Clio_and_the_Economics_of_Qwerty.pdf
    -Phil

    • @MrRibonu
      @MrRibonu 7 років тому +1

      Vox hi

    • @JimCullen
      @JimCullen 7 років тому +11

      It's not per se that it's about _slowing typists down_, though that's a fairly reasonable simplification of the truth. The arrangement was to prevent keys from jamming, as the article you link states. (Also, I found the archaic use of the term "bully", "bullying optimism" really amusing.) This, in part, means placing common key combinations far apart from each other, which can in some cases cause slow down. A slower typist is also, obviously, less likely to jam. So while it's not per se correct to claim QWERTY is "about slowing down typists", it quite clearly is designed in a way that indirectly encourages less than optimal typing speeds.

    • @JimCullen
      @JimCullen 7 років тому +6

      Regarding Dvorak, it's also very important to note that its advantages are not limited to speed. Yes, it certainly is significantly faster (as the many converts such as myself can attest) than QWERTY, but far more importantly the fact that it reduces hand travel and balances out hand use means that it is also an inherently more ergonomic keyboard. You're less likely to develop RSIs regularly using Dvorak than you are with QWERTY. In today's workplace, that is *super* important.

    • @alphamarshan
      @alphamarshan 7 років тому +4

      Jim Cullen I switched to the Dvorak layout for a few months, and I did find it easier on my hands because there is less travel as the most commonly used letters are on the home row. However I wasn’t able to reached the sustained typing speeds I can maintain using the QWERTY layout.

    • @JimCullen
      @JimCullen 7 років тому

      You couldn't catch up in a few months? Were you going cold turkey and regularly making sure to practise? Perhaps most importantly, did you switch you keycaps around and/or put stickers on the keys or not? Because it's actually widely regarded as a very *bad* idea to have stickers/switched keys. That encourages laziness and makes it easy to learn hunt-and-peck typing or quasi-touch-typing, but delays your ability to truly touch type.
      It took me about a month and a half before I was as fast on Dvorak as I was on QWERTY before the switch. After two-to-three months I had improved by about 20% over my initial QWERTY speed, where I plateaued.

  • @sudoShiba
    @sudoShiba 7 років тому +103

    Never heard of azerty?
    No? Only Belgium is so lame

  • @VeeTOHFan
    @VeeTOHFan 6 років тому +77

    in southern cali we use qerty because i swear to christ every single keyboard i have ever seen has lost the w key.

    • @lyndafaye6748
      @lyndafaye6748 6 років тому

      HELP ME ESTABLISH A HOLIDAY FOR THIS GUY, AND GET THE NARRATOR TO MORE ELOQUENTLY EXPLAIN THE WHO'S AND WHAT'S OF THIS ? YOU TUBE "CARE?" , GOOGLE "CARES?" TRIED BOTH OF THEM , THEY DON'T WANT TO BE CONTACTED APPARENTLY. GUESS THEY STOPPED USING EITHER INVENTIONS AT THEIR WORK, UTHINK? BOTHESR ME THAT THEY CRAM ALL FOUR PRESIDENT'S "COMMERATIONS" I.E. BIRTHDAYS INTO ONE, NOW WHY DOESN'T THIS GUY (OR THE ONE THEY NARRATOR ISN'T PRONOUNCING CORRECTLY, OR PRONOUNCES DVORACK TWO DIFFERENT WAYS) DO SOMETHING "ABOUT" A "RECOGNITION OR DAY OF RESPECT" FOR WHOMEVER /WHICHEVER HE'S TRYING TO "ENUNCIATATE " PROPERLY (WE HOPE?).SHULLS? CHRISTOPHER LATHEM SHULLS? WHAT ? THIS GUY ISN'T PRONOUNCING THE CORRECT NAME OF THE INVENTOR OF THE "KEYBOARD'???
      GIVE US HIS FULL EXACT PRECISELY= SPELLED NAME, AND WHY ONLY TWO
      VIDEOS? THIS GUY DESERVES A HOLIDAY TOO, DON' YOU THINK? SOME GUY OUGHT
      TO INVENT LARGER KEYS FOR MEN TO BE ABLE TO USE THEM MORE EASILY, TOO,
      DON' TYOU THINK? Lynda Faye1 second agoWAIT
      A MINUTE ?!! ONLY TWO VIDEOS ABOUT THE GUY WHO INVENTED "OUR'
      KEYBOARDS? WHAT'S GOING ON? COULDN'T WE AT LEAST CRAM ALL OF THEM INTO
      AT LEAST "ONE CELEBRATED" HOLIDAY--SUCH AS OUR GOVERNMENT HAS DONE WITH
      OUR PRESIDENTS' HAVING TO SHARE BIRTHDAYS ? Who Invented the QWERTY
      Keyboard AFTER Qwerty?CHRISTOPHER WHAT? LATHEM SHOLES ?? SPELL IT FOR
      US:
      NOVEMBER
      17TH IS NOW A HOLIDAY-DUH, IT'S MY SISTER'S BIRTHDAY. DO YOU GUYS
      REMEMBER THE GUY WHO INVENTED THE ASDFJKLM TYPING FORM? HE WAS A
      MILITARY MAN;; WE COULDN'T LIVE TODAY WITHOUT HIM ON THE INTERNET ? HOW
      ABOUT A DAY TO CELEBRATE THEY GUY WHO GAVE US THE KEYBOARD ? (EVEN IF
      THEY AREN'T LARGE ENOUGH FOR MEN'S FINGERS TO TYPE ON, RIGHT ?) LET'S
      FIND HIM, HIS NAME AT LEAST, OK????? THANKS
      (15) Who Invented the QWERTY Keyboard? -
      UA-camTHEN ASAK DIVORAK ? THE NARRATOR PRONOUNCES HIS NAME, TWO
      DIFFERENT WAYS, SO WE WON'T BE ABLE TO KNOW,...DUH, WAS HE ALSO BY
      CHANCE RELATED TO THE GREAT COMPOSER ?COMMON VOWELS(spell that so we'll
      know, too ? Thanks)
      MARK TWAIN WAS THE FIRST PURCHASER OF THE KEYBOARD/TYPEWRITER,
      THAT'S INTERESTING; THANK GOD HE GOT A HOLD OF ONE SOON!!WHAT ABOUT A
      "SPECIFIC CELEBRATED DAY" FOR MARK TWAIN TOO ?ONLY THREE YOU TUBES
      REGARDING THE INVENTION OF THE KEYBOARD, WHICH NONE OF US COULD EXIST ON
      THE INTERNET, WITHOUT ??!! ….WAIT, ? THERE ARE
      ONLY TWO VIDEOS ABOUT THE GUY WHO INVENTED "OUR' KEYBOARDS? WHAT'S
      GOING ON? COULDN'T WE AT LEAST CRAM ALL OF THEM INTO AT LEAST "ONE
      CELEBRATED" HOLIDAY--SUCH AS OUR GOVERNMENT HAS DONE WITH OUR
      PRESIDENTS' HAVING TO SHARE BIRTHDAYS ? Who Invented the QWERTY Keyboard
      AFTER Qwerty?CHRISTOPHER WHAT? LATHEM SHOLES ?? SPELL IT FOR US:
      NOVEMBER
      17TH IS NOW A HOLIDAY-DUH, IT'S MY SISTER'S BIRTHDAY. DO YOU GUYS
      REMEMBER THE GUY WHO INVENTED THE ASDFJKLM TYPING FORM? HE WAS A
      MILITARY MAN;; WE COULDN'T LIVE TODAY WITHOUT HIM ON THE INTERNET ? HOW
      ABOUT A DAY TO CELEBRATE THEY GUY WHO GAVE US THE KEYBOARD ? (EVEN IF
      THEY AREN'T LARGE ENOUGH FOR MEN'S FINGERS TO TYPE ON, RIGHT ?) LET'S
      FIND HIM, HIS NAME AT LEAST, OK????? THANKS
      (15) Who Invented the QWERTY Keyboard? -
      UA-camTHEN ASAK DIVORAK ? WAS HE ALSO BY CHANCE REALTED TO THE GREAT
      COMPOSER ?COMMON VOWELS(spell that so we'll know, too ? Thanks)
      MARK TWAIN WAS THE FIRST PURCHASER OF THE KEYBOARD/TYPEWRITER,
      THAT'S INTERESTING; THANK GOD HE GOT A HOLD OF ONE SOON!!WHAT ABOUT A
      "SPECIFIC CELEBRATED DAY" FOR MARK TWAIN TOO ?ONLY THREE YOU TUBES
      REGARDING THE INVENTION OF THE KEYBOARD, WHICH NONE OF US COULD EXIST ON
      THE INTERNET, WITHOUT ?Read more Show less

    • @aNi-fc6bq
      @aNi-fc6bq 4 роки тому

      but hy tho?

  • @bosspin
    @bosspin 4 роки тому +4

    The one video on cnn explains it so much better.
    TLDR: the arrangement was set to distance the letters that are usually paired up together

  • @alkreischer
    @alkreischer 7 років тому +53

    Not sure I got anything out of the video. Was expecting to learn the reason why qwerty is overrated...

    • @CrazedComposure
      @CrazedComposure 6 років тому

      They did. The only reason it's almost universal in America is because the biggest manufacturer(s) made them in that format, and typist classes trained for it. Therefore, it's overrated.

    • @vbps3
      @vbps3 6 років тому +4

      But why does it not deserve the high opinion? If there is something more efficient, then qwerty would be overrated, but there are flaws in them all

    • @JJJJ-gl2uf
      @JJJJ-gl2uf 6 років тому +2

      Until something better comes along qwerty isn't overrated. The video really didn't say much at all except who invented qwerty.

    • @wino0000006
      @wino0000006 6 років тому

      It's all about efficiency - Germans for example use QWERTZ.

    • @wino0000006
      @wino0000006 6 років тому

      And how many computers have chorded steno keyboard? Like learning some exotic language just to learn instead the most usefull one.

  • @Taken4Granted2
    @Taken4Granted2 7 років тому +58

    “It’s not what you type, it’s how you type”
    **SMACK SMACK SMACK SMACK**

  • @Fr4ncM
    @Fr4ncM 5 років тому +171

    They:
    _"Pen is mightier than the sword"_
    Me:
    *Whips out a goddamn Remington typewriter*

    • @cessposter
      @cessposter 3 роки тому +3

      That is straight up bringing a gun.

  • @reyromero8490
    @reyromero8490 4 роки тому +1

    But why I still cannot find the answer of why is it patterned the way it is. I mean does it has something to do with typing efficiency or is it easier for fingers to access those keys??? Whatever.

  • @ContinualImprovement
    @ContinualImprovement 7 років тому +440

    "Qwerty" one of the most common passwords.

    • @jayfawn8478
      @jayfawn8478 7 років тому +32

      not me! mine is *************

    • @thekiminthenorth504
      @thekiminthenorth504 7 років тому +11

      and mine is ***************************

    • @GreasyBaconBro
      @GreasyBaconBro 7 років тому +31

      TMR Teckk mine is analmidgetbdsm69

    • @onyx_vii7808
      @onyx_vii7808 7 років тому +6

      Mine is password

    • @yongamer
      @yongamer 7 років тому +20

      I use the same password for everything, its "12345". I post this with all usernames and websites on my facebook wall regularily in order to not forget it.

  • @TokenyYT
    @TokenyYT 7 років тому +312

    I Only Need WASD On My Keyboard

    • @getrekt5274
      @getrekt5274 7 років тому +3

      Tokeny same

    • @mshart3476
      @mshart3476 7 років тому +10

      Same, or the arrow keys and the mouse and number keys😂😂

    • @JannisAdmek
      @JannisAdmek 7 років тому +27

      You did see the issue with you comment, don't you?

    • @microwave9679
      @microwave9679 7 років тому

      Tokeny I just need ctrl

    • @billy_boi
      @billy_boi 7 років тому +3

      If you play Minectaft you need only that XD

  • @warri8950
    @warri8950 6 років тому +129

    Azerty
    (Im from belgium)

    • @Skerathh
      @Skerathh 6 років тому

      Zwari Hari ayy me too

    • @aleksifrmdao
      @aleksifrmdao 6 років тому +3

      Zwari Hari i have qwertz

    • @MATAM29
      @MATAM29 6 років тому +3

      ThatSlave Gt I have QWERTZ too.

    • @mr.e1212
      @mr.e1212 6 років тому +1

      How do u play fps? 0_0

    • @sle3ppy
      @sle3ppy 6 років тому +2

      SaltyPotato I have abcdef

  • @han_is_hanah
    @han_is_hanah 4 роки тому +5

    "How you type is more important than what you type..."
    My research paper: ._.

  • @TheAdventurousHermits
    @TheAdventurousHermits 6 років тому +242

    Now I feel like I need to type a comment to use my keyboard.

  • @lou3712
    @lou3712 6 років тому +764

    Oh wait you use QWERTY? I use WASD

    • @_mashupgamer_7762
      @_mashupgamer_7762 6 років тому +55

      Wasd stands for Why Ass suckers die

    • @dzero5398
      @dzero5398 6 років тому +2

      Your god damn right good sir!

    • @RubyPiec
      @RubyPiec 6 років тому +1

      _Mashup Gamer_ WASD = U ASSD

    • @mattehwizard1979
      @mattehwizard1979 6 років тому +10

      Aww its a console player who is whining

    • @tailsfox45
      @tailsfox45 6 років тому +7

      UUHHH OOOOHHHHHHHHH FOUND THE GAMMMMEEEERRRRRRR

  • @riletex1799
    @riletex1799 5 років тому +151

    People with an azerty keyboard please stand up!

  • @kevinatarsya2532
    @kevinatarsya2532 4 роки тому +5

    Me:*searchs "AZERTY"*
    UA-cam : uno reverse card

  • @shantalz7749
    @shantalz7749 6 років тому +120

    *I'm now going to name my child Qwerty*

    • @다나.진부한
      @다나.진부한 6 років тому +10

      Water scape
      *_Qwerty, You were named after a keyboard pattern._*

    • @BobRossCat
      @BobRossCat 6 років тому +1

      Goddammit Laurens LOL

    • @BobRossCat
      @BobRossCat 6 років тому

      Water scape o-o

    • @arisaka233
      @arisaka233 6 років тому +10

      "LOOK DAD, MY NAME'S WRITTEN IN THE KEYBOARD

    • @gooblah6217
      @gooblah6217 6 років тому +10

      Oh yeah about that son...

  • @rea8585
    @rea8585 7 років тому +766

    Well, the topic is certainly interesting, really fascinating to know where this order of letters came from. Probably 99 % chance of having this kind of keyboard is a bit too much, I personally have QWERTZ and many countries have their own kind typography.
    That being said, it is super interesting the way you present this topic and make us question things we always took for granted and didn't even wonder why it is the way it is. Thank you!

    • @JimCullen
      @JimCullen 7 років тому +37

      He presumably meant QWERTY or one of its derivatives like AZERTY and QWERTZ.
      It was only meant to differentiate the QWERTY family of keyboards from Dvorak, Colemak, etc.

    • @alinaschoch7816
      @alinaschoch7816 7 років тому +15

      I myself have QWERTZ as well, as I live in Europe (Germany).

    • @jellewijckmans4836
      @jellewijckmans4836 7 років тому +4

      The letters are in the other they are because it's pretty easy to find out what letters are most common in a certain language. Once you have a basic layout and an idea of how people effectively type it's actually quite easy to find the optimal place to put letters within that system. It's however far harder to predict the general keyboard design that optimists typing. On one side you want to optimize for speed but on the other you end up with more errors that way which on type writers without a back key was a massive issue.

    • @quantumblurrr
      @quantumblurrr 7 років тому +1

      Who taught you the meaning of the words ‘interesting’ and ‘fascinating’?!

    • @edwingraca7708
      @edwingraca7708 7 років тому

      Quick Fix Yayyy i also have qwertz

  • @mentalost
    @mentalost 7 років тому +135

    qwertz from Slovakia

  • @Goassbeidlbauanbua
    @Goassbeidlbauanbua Рік тому +1

    0:43 "We all use it, but don't know why. - That's the definition of 'overrated'"
    Why should that be the definition of "overrated"?

  • @Neliel97
    @Neliel97 6 років тому +47

    in belgium it's azerty

    • @lyndafaye6748
      @lyndafaye6748 6 років тому +1

      HELP ME ESTABLISH A HOLIDAY FOR THIS GUY, AND GET THE NARRATOR TO MORE ELOQUENTLY EXPLAIN THE WHO'S AND WHAT'S OF THIS ? YOU TUBE "CARE?" , GOOGLE "CARES?" TRIED BOTH OF THEM , THEY DON'T WANT TO BE CONTACTED APPARENTLY. GUESS THEY STOPPED USING EITHER INVENTIONS AT THEIR WORK, UTHINK? BOTHESR ME THAT THEY CRAM ALL FOUR PRESIDENT'S "COMMERATIONS" I.E. BIRTHDAYS INTO ONE, NOW WHY DOESN'T THIS GUY (OR THE ONE THEY NARRATOR ISN'T PRONOUNCING CORRECTLY, OR PRONOUNCES DVORACK TWO DIFFERENT WAYS) DO SOMETHING "ABOUT" A "RECOGNITION OR DAY OF RESPECT" FOR WHOMEVER /WHICHEVER HE'S TRYING TO "ENUNCIATATE " PROPERLY (WE HOPE?).SHULLS? CHRISTOPHER LATHEM SHULLS? WHAT ? THIS GUY ISN'T PRONOUNCING THE CORRECT NAME OF THE INVENTOR OF THE "KEYBOARD'???
      GIVE US HIS FULL EXACT PRECISELY= SPELLED NAME, AND WHY ONLY TWO
      VIDEOS? THIS GUY DESERVES A HOLIDAY TOO, DON' YOU THINK? SOME GUY OUGHT
      TO INVENT LARGER KEYS FOR MEN TO BE ABLE TO USE THEM MORE EASILY, TOO,
      DON' TYOU THINK? Lynda Faye1 second agoWAIT
      A MINUTE ?!! ONLY TWO VIDEOS ABOUT THE GUY WHO INVENTED "OUR'
      KEYBOARDS? WHAT'S GOING ON? COULDN'T WE AT LEAST CRAM ALL OF THEM INTO
      AT LEAST "ONE CELEBRATED" HOLIDAY--SUCH AS OUR GOVERNMENT HAS DONE WITH
      OUR PRESIDENTS' HAVING TO SHARE BIRTHDAYS ? Who Invented the QWERTY
      Keyboard AFTER Qwerty?CHRISTOPHER WHAT? LATHEM SHOLES ?? SPELL IT FOR
      US:
      NOVEMBER
      17TH IS NOW A HOLIDAY-DUH, IT'S MY SISTER'S BIRTHDAY. DO YOU GUYS
      REMEMBER THE GUY WHO INVENTED THE ASDFJKLM TYPING FORM? HE WAS A
      MILITARY MAN;; WE COULDN'T LIVE TODAY WITHOUT HIM ON THE INTERNET ? HOW
      ABOUT A DAY TO CELEBRATE THEY GUY WHO GAVE US THE KEYBOARD ? (EVEN IF
      THEY AREN'T LARGE ENOUGH FOR MEN'S FINGERS TO TYPE ON, RIGHT ?) LET'S
      FIND HIM, HIS NAME AT LEAST, OK????? THANKS
      (15) Who Invented the QWERTY Keyboard? -
      UA-camTHEN ASAK DIVORAK ? THE NARRATOR PRONOUNCES HIS NAME, TWO
      DIFFERENT WAYS, SO WE WON'T BE ABLE TO KNOW,...DUH, WAS HE ALSO BY
      CHANCE RELATED TO THE GREAT COMPOSER ?COMMON VOWELS(spell that so we'll
      know, too ? Thanks)
      MARK TWAIN WAS THE FIRST PURCHASER OF THE KEYBOARD/TYPEWRITER,
      THAT'S INTERESTING; THANK GOD HE GOT A HOLD OF ONE SOON!!WHAT ABOUT A
      "SPECIFIC CELEBRATED DAY" FOR MARK TWAIN TOO ?ONLY THREE YOU TUBES
      REGARDING THE INVENTION OF THE KEYBOARD, WHICH NONE OF US COULD EXIST ON
      THE INTERNET, WITHOUT ??!! ….WAIT, ? THERE ARE
      ONLY TWO VIDEOS ABOUT THE GUY WHO INVENTED "OUR' KEYBOARDS? WHAT'S
      GOING ON? COULDN'T WE AT LEAST CRAM ALL OF THEM INTO AT LEAST "ONE
      CELEBRATED" HOLIDAY--SUCH AS OUR GOVERNMENT HAS DONE WITH OUR
      PRESIDENTS' HAVING TO SHARE BIRTHDAYS ? Who Invented the QWERTY Keyboard
      AFTER Qwerty?CHRISTOPHER WHAT? LATHEM SHOLES ?? SPELL IT FOR US:
      NOVEMBER
      17TH IS NOW A HOLIDAY-DUH, IT'S MY SISTER'S BIRTHDAY. DO YOU GUYS
      REMEMBER THE GUY WHO INVENTED THE ASDFJKLM TYPING FORM? HE WAS A
      MILITARY MAN;; WE COULDN'T LIVE TODAY WITHOUT HIM ON THE INTERNET ? HOW
      ABOUT A DAY TO CELEBRATE THEY GUY WHO GAVE US THE KEYBOARD ? (EVEN IF
      THEY AREN'T LARGE ENOUGH FOR MEN'S FINGERS TO TYPE ON, RIGHT ?) LET'S
      FIND HIM, HIS NAME AT LEAST, OK????? THANKS
      (15) Who Invented the QWERTY Keyboard? -
      UA-camTHEN ASAK DIVORAK ? WAS HE ALSO BY CHANCE REALTED TO THE GREAT
      COMPOSER ?COMMON VOWELS(spell that so we'll know, too ? Thanks)
      MARK TWAIN WAS THE FIRST PURCHASER OF THE KEYBOARD/TYPEWRITER,
      THAT'S INTERESTING; THANK GOD HE GOT A HOLD OF ONE SOON!!WHAT ABOUT A
      "SPECIFIC CELEBRATED DAY" FOR MARK TWAIN TOO ?ONLY THREE YOU TUBES
      REGARDING THE INVENTION OF THE KEYBOARD, WHICH NONE OF US COULD EXIST ON
      THE INTERNET, WITHOUT ?Read more Show less

    • @Dekeullan
      @Dekeullan 5 років тому

      @@lyndafaye6748 oh

    • @unseen2880
      @unseen2880 5 років тому +2

      Lynda Faye Jesus Christ chill

  • @nickcoww
    @nickcoww 7 років тому +43

    qWERTYuIoP you can spell TYPEWRITER on just the top row. Salesmen only had to learn that as a sample and they could make typing look effortless.

    • @Steveeee
      @Steveeee 6 років тому

      Tzpewriter xdd

    • @jensantos1659
      @jensantos1659 6 років тому

      Typewriter

    • @edouard1207
      @edouard1207 6 років тому

      That's exactly what I was told! Very surprised they didn't spoke about it in the vid...

  • @lordsefe2437
    @lordsefe2437 6 років тому +123

    I am from germany and we use qwertz. It's like qwerty but the z and y are swapped

  • @ChazyChaz.
    @ChazyChaz. 2 роки тому +1

    Qwerty like a melody my hea- wait WHAT

  • @frukuri3424
    @frukuri3424 5 років тому +40

    Watching this with a QWERTZ keyboard

    • @VS-mt3hr
      @VS-mt3hr 5 років тому +1

      which country

    • @frukuri3424
      @frukuri3424 5 років тому +3

      @@VS-mt3hr Deutschland

    • @VS-mt3hr
      @VS-mt3hr 5 років тому +1

      @@frukuri3424 weißt du ob andere Länder auch noch QWERTZ benutzen?

    • @questy4tw
      @questy4tw 5 років тому +2

      @@VS-mt3hr ja ungarrn und noch ein anderes

  • @Dalen22_W
    @Dalen22_W 7 років тому +195

    I have a qwertz keyboard

    • @xx_tammo_xx198
      @xx_tammo_xx198 7 років тому +8

      German ist gut

    • @cobbyc2087
      @cobbyc2087 7 років тому +3

      I'm not german and i still have a qwertz keyboard
      so what am I :O

    • @xx_tammo_xx198
      @xx_tammo_xx198 7 років тому +3

      GetRektLolz austria ? Switzerland ?

    • @cobbyc2087
      @cobbyc2087 7 років тому +1

      nope aaaand nope

    • @xx_tammo_xx198
      @xx_tammo_xx198 7 років тому +1

      GetRektLolz europe ?

  • @neoneonize
    @neoneonize 6 років тому +147

    Well in my country we have QWERTZ

  • @zenithchan1646
    @zenithchan1646 4 роки тому +3

    Imagine some guy putting his own name in it and just jumble everything

  • @seastilton7912
    @seastilton7912 6 років тому +26

    I think it's Qwerty because it makes typing easier. The vowels mostly lie were you fingers stay.m and the letters for 'the' are very close. 'Er' is literally already in order, just like 'as'. That makes sense, right?

    • @alexandrawoodward367
      @alexandrawoodward367 6 років тому +2

      bigbigcheese2 the Dvorak keyboard is better though because the letters you use most are all on the home row so you don’t have to move your fingers (aoeuidhtns instead of asdfghjkl;)

    • @lyndafaye6748
      @lyndafaye6748 6 років тому

      SHULLS? CHRISTOPHER LATHEM SHULLS? WHAT ? THIS GUY ISN'T PRONOUNCING THE CORRECT NAME OF THE INVENTOR OF THE "KEYBOARD'???
      GIVE US HIS FULL EXACT PRECISELY= SPELLED NAME, AND WHY ONLY TWO
      VIDEOS? THIS GUY DESERVES A HOLIDAY TOO, DON' YOU THINK? SOME GUY OUGHT
      TO INVENT LARGER KEYS FOR MEN TO BE ABLE TO USE THEM MORE EASILY, TOO,
      DON' TYOU THINK? AND I'M STILL UPSET THAT OUR GOVERNMENTAL REPS CRAMMED FOUR PRESIDENT BIRTHDAYS INTO ONE; THIS GUY DOESN'T HAVE EVEN ONE "DESIGNATED COMMERATIVE DAY" WITH WHICH WE COULD SHOW OUR RESPECT FOR HIS INVENTION " . HOW DOES ONE WRITE TO GOOGLE? TO YOU TUBE? SUPPORT DOESN'T SEEM TO "CARE" . I HAPPEN TO CARE, THAT'S ALL! ANYONE KNOW WHO GIVES A DARN? WAIT!! ONLY TWO VIDEOS ABOUT THE GUY WHO INVENTED "OUR'
      KEYBOARDS? WHAT'S GOING ON? COULDN'T WE AT LEAST CRAM ALL OF THEM INTO
      AT LEAST "ONE CELEBRATED" HOLIDAY--SUCH AS OUR GOVERNMENT HAS DONE WITH
      OUR PRESIDENTS' HAVING TO SHARE BIRTHDAYS ? Who Invented the QWERTY
      Keyboard AFTER Qwerty?CHRISTOPHER WHAT? LATHEM SHOLES ?? SPELL IT FOR
      US: NOVEMBER 17TH IS APPARENTLY A NEWLY APPOIINTED /ELECTED HOLIDAY FOR SOME ODD REASON BY SOME PERSON; NOW A HOLIDAY-DUH, IT'S MY SISTER'S BIRTHDAY. DO YOU GUYS
      REMEMBER THE GUY WHO INVENTED THE ASDFJKLM TYPING FORM? HE WAS A
      MILITARY MAN;; WE COULDN'T LIVE TODAY WITHOUT HIM ON THE INTERNET ? HOW
      ABOUT A DAY TO CELEBRATE THEY GUY WHO GAVE US THE KEYBOARD ? (EVEN IF
      THEY AREN'T LARGE ENOUGH FOR MEN'S FINGERS TO TYPE ON, RIGHT ?) LET'S
      FIND HIM, HIS NAME AT LEAST, OK????? THANKS
      (15) Who Invented the QWERTY Keyboard? -
      UA-camTHEN ASAK DIVORAK ? THE NARRATOR PRONOUNCES HIS NAME, TWO
      DIFFERENT WAYS, SO WE WON'T BE ABLE TO KNOW,...DUH, WAS HE ALSO BY
      CHANCE RELATED TO THE GREAT COMPOSER ?COMMON VOWELS(spell that so we'll
      know, too ? Thanks)
      MARK TWAIN WAS THE FIRST PURCHASER OF THE KEYBOARD/TYPEWRITER,
      THAT'S INTERESTING; THANK GOD HE GOT A HOLD OF ONE SOON!!WHAT ABOUT A
      "SPECIFIC CELEBRATED DAY" FOR MARK TWAIN TOO ?ONLY THREE YOU TUBES
      REGARDING THE INVENTION OF THE KEYBOARD, WHICH NONE OF US COULD EXIST ON
      THE INTERNET, WITHOUT ??!! ….WAIT, ? THERE ARE
      ONLY TWO VIDEOS ABOUT THE GUY WHO INVENTED "OUR' KEYBOARDS? WHAT'S
      GOING ON? COULDN'T WE AT LEAST CRAM ALL OF THEM INTO AT LEAST "ONE
      CELEBRATED" HOLIDAY--SUCH AS OUR GOVERNMENT HAS DONE WITH OUR
      PRESIDENTS' HAVING TO SHARE BIRTHDAYS ? Who Invented the QWERTY Keyboard
      AFTER Qwerty?CHRISTOPHER WHAT? LATHEM SHOLES ?? SPELL IT FOR US:
      NOVEMBER
      17TH IS NOW A HOLIDAY-DUH, IT'S MY SISTER'S BIRTHDAY. DO YOU GUYS
      REMEMBER THE GUY WHO INVENTED THE ASDFJKLM TYPING FORM? HE WAS A
      MILITARY MAN;; WE COULDN'T LIVE TODAY WITHOUT HIM ON THE INTERNET ? HOW
      ABOUT A DAY TO CELEBRATE THEY GUY WHO GAVE US THE KEYBOARD ? (EVEN IF
      THEY AREN'T LARGE ENOUGH FOR MEN'S FINGERS TO TYPE ON, RIGHT ?) LET'S
      FIND HIM, HIS NAME AT LEAST, OK????? THANKS
      (15) Who Invented the QWERTY Keyboard? -
      UA-camTHEN ASAK DIVORAK ? WAS HE ALSO BY CHANCE REALTED TO THE GREAT
      COMPOSER ?COMMON VOWELS(spell that so we'll know, too ? Thanks)
      MARK TWAIN WAS THE FIRST PURCHASER OF THE KEYBOARD/TYPEWRITER,
      THAT'S INTERESTING; THANK GOD HE GOT A HOLD OF ONE SOON!!WHAT ABOUT A
      "SPECIFIC CELEBRATED DAY" FOR MARK TWAIN TOO ?ONLY THREE YOU TUBES
      REGARDING THE INVENTION OF THE KEYBOARD, WHICH NONE OF US COULD EXIST ON
      THE INTERNET, WITHOUT ?

    • @lospagnolofalso
      @lospagnolofalso 6 років тому +1

      Christ in caps lock...

    • @teh-maxh
      @teh-maxh Рік тому

      QWERTY only has one vowel in home row, though.

  • @carl3305
    @carl3305 7 років тому +647

    haHA i have QWERTZ

    • @bentton7311
      @bentton7311 7 років тому +8

      Same

    • @zschucki
      @zschucki 7 років тому +65

      It's just the german version

    • @TD-pd6cu
      @TD-pd6cu 7 років тому +1

      Qeert

    • @hamsterama
      @hamsterama 7 років тому +34

      +Carl I'm American, but when I was staying in Germany about ten years ago, I used the computer of my German friend that I was staying with to surf the internet and send e-mails to my mom. I never did get used to the the z and the y arrangement on the keyboard. I would have to constantly go back and edit my writing to turn my z's back into y's. Like I would write "yellow" as "zellow," or "type" as "tzpe." That's why QWERTY, or QWERTZ, will never go away. When you've been typing nearly your whole life, the muscle memory is there.

    • @josipcuric8767
      @josipcuric8767 7 років тому +10

      Same QWERTZ is also used in the balkans

  • @DaNintendude
    @DaNintendude 6 років тому +48

    Sometimes I do something out of habit, like tapping my desk.
    0:44
    *_ThAT'S ThE DeFinITioN oF oVerrATeD_*

  • @HongKongGhost
    @HongKongGhost 2 роки тому +2

    been using Colemak for several years now, on a linear orthogonal keyboard. Keeps my hands healthier than typing on qwerty :) nice video!

  • @angnaa13
    @angnaa13 7 років тому +105

    The QWERTY pattern wasn't randomised, on the top row of letters spells the largest word you can spell on a keyboard.
    Typewriter
    (EDIT) I just saw the credits and im not going to delete it im just gonna feel sad

    • @funtimehelpy5381
      @funtimehelpy5381 7 років тому +2

      No qwerty was made so the keys don't get jammed

    • @josephrinaldi6653
      @josephrinaldi6653 7 років тому

      You can spell larger words on a keyboard
      -typewriter-
      *COMMANDMENT*

    • @Luckyy541
      @Luckyy541 7 років тому

      Ali MoreHEH AngnA qwertyuiopasdfghjklzxcvbnm

    • @yeah3771
      @yeah3771 7 років тому +1

      ZomZom 343 no it’s the largest word you can spell on one row

    • @dartboardbaby
      @dartboardbaby 7 років тому

      Ali MoreHEH AngnA qwertyuiop is the longest word on the top row on keyboards

  • @STOCathain
    @STOCathain 7 років тому +5

    I learned typing in elementary school with Qwerty, but when I began to study French and German I found it far easier to go ahead and learn their standard keyboards as well, AZERTY and QWERTZ respectively. Qwerty is by no means the sole standard but it certainly seems to have gained a place akin to that in English.

  • @salokin3087
    @salokin3087 7 років тому +581

    Hmm, this is some majestic 12 Illuminati stuff right here!

  • @SunilRamana
    @SunilRamana 4 роки тому +1

    I learnt more reading the comments than watching this video.

  • @itsallgood5314
    @itsallgood5314 7 років тому +427

    I love how people get offended because it's directed to the US audience. You know, where the company is from, where their employees are from, and where they operate?

    • @emiledhaene1297
      @emiledhaene1297 7 років тому +47

      Their audience is worldwide and it's just a typical American thing to pretend they're unique

    • @itsallgood5314
      @itsallgood5314 7 років тому +77

      Emile D'Haene their audience is worldwide, sure. Their target audience probably American.

    • @MixxC
      @MixxC 7 років тому +25

      Emile D'Haene What makes you say that we want to feel special? Literally everyone does.

    • @1UpsForLife
      @1UpsForLife 7 років тому +73

      I agree that more global topics on Vox would be interesting, but this complaint is like going to the BBC and complaining that they focus too much on news in the UK.

    • @itsallgood5314
      @itsallgood5314 7 років тому +2

      1UpsForLife completely agree

  • @MrEvolutionable
    @MrEvolutionable 7 років тому +217

    German layout is qwertz for some reason...

    • @gummygnom
      @gummygnom 7 років тому +66

      Because y is very rare in German.

    • @simsgamer817
      @simsgamer817 7 років тому +41

      i´m from germany and we use the z more often than the y

    • @tripy75
      @tripy75 7 років тому +17

      Same in Switzerland. Still waaaaay better than french AZERTY. Never could use that thing.

    • @seppoleonvervloet132
      @seppoleonvervloet132 7 років тому +8

      Thierry Schork excuse me im from Flanders Belgium and we all use azerty to
      Ps i've always used azerty and wethever you've used througout your life is what your best with

    • @rickbo5858
      @rickbo5858 7 років тому

      it is funny, im dutch(qwerty) and my gf comes from flanders(azerty), and i find it interesting how they play minecraft or other games with that keyboard. they use strange enough wasd instead of zqsd. and if i tell them that it is better too use that on a azerty keyboard they say that it isn't right to do that???
      for dutch i prefer qwerty..

  • @x-90
    @x-90 7 років тому +40

    I thought this was like some highest word on scrabble crap

  • @ActuallyFiona
    @ActuallyFiona 3 роки тому +1

    Colemak here. It fixed my hand pain.

  • @TrainerGre3n
    @TrainerGre3n 7 років тому +298

    My keyboard is azerty

    • @kiliwami4086
      @kiliwami4086 7 років тому +21

      erik knight Bonjour mon ami qui habite en France

    • @Ciapulek0165
      @Ciapulek0165 7 років тому +8

      Kili Studios
      Moi aussi!

    • @TrainerGre3n
      @TrainerGre3n 7 років тому +4

      j'utilise Google Traduction

    • @MsTh5
      @MsTh5 7 років тому +19

      France is not the only country to use azerty

    • @TrainerGre3n
      @TrainerGre3n 7 років тому +12

      I'm in the us

  • @XSunacX
    @XSunacX 7 років тому +13

    i have a QWERTZ keyboard..i knew my mom wasn't lying when she said i'm special :D

  • @SlicksGaming
    @SlicksGaming 7 років тому +120

    Vox on the metric system: We should switch to metric because everyone is using it.
    Vox on QWERTY: We should have different keyboards because everyone is using QWERTY.

    • @wbtu897
      @wbtu897 7 років тому +1

      SlicksGaming logic!

    • @firewater4084
      @firewater4084 7 років тому +1

      SlicksGaming lol

    • @Twixes3D
      @Twixes3D 7 років тому +15

      This video doesn't have any conclusion, though. It just explains the history of QWERTY.

    • @Alittlebitinteresting
      @Alittlebitinteresting 7 років тому +6

      He calls it overrated at least 5 times

    • @BroudbrunMusicMerge
      @BroudbrunMusicMerge 7 років тому +2

      To be fair, (even though I don't really like Vox that much), there is a difference between the two, since a keyboard layout only affects the person using it.

  • @anniesunshineee
    @anniesunshineee 4 роки тому

    Hello from DVORAK! Switched a year ago and life is greener on the other side.

  • @brianchoromanski
    @brianchoromanski 7 років тому +31

    I changed from qwerty to colemak about 9 months ago and have absolutely no regrets, my typing speed is way up. Surprised they didn't even mention it in this video.

    • @807800
      @807800 7 років тому

      I also use Colemak for touch typing. When I decide that I need to learn how to touch type properly actually I start with qwerty, but then I realized; why I have to learn an old stupid standard?. Learning Colemak was a much better experience then qwerty.

    • @SuperSand2000
      @SuperSand2000 7 років тому

      Any reason why I should switch? I can type blind with QWERTZ and really fast.

    • @brianchoromanski
      @brianchoromanski 7 років тому +1

      SuperSandro2000 their are added physical benefits, less prone to carpal tunnel, look into ortholinear keyboards as well for added benefits and even ergonomic if you want as much benefits as you can, I currently use the "infinity ergodox" and absolutely love it

    • @SuperSand2000
      @SuperSand2000 7 років тому

      Brian na won't buy a new keyboard. I maybe should think about it but I am way to comfort for that and know the old layout way to good.

    • @SuperSand2000
      @SuperSand2000 7 років тому +1

      yeah lul

  • @putt7515
    @putt7515 7 років тому +76

    this video does say anything valid. keyboards are designed this way so that when typing a word, keys are seperated from each other as much as possible

    • @UnitaryV
      @UnitaryV 7 років тому +4

      Putt T. He mentions that theory at 2:37. According to that theory, the reasoning for making consecutively typed keys separated far apart is to keep them from jamming. Keys jammed when two hammers swung too close together in opposite directions, causing their hammers to hook together, and you'd have to reach in and pry them apart.

  • @Willensimperium
    @Willensimperium 7 років тому +449

    "We all use it but don't know why, that's the definition of overrated"? Wtf, no? I think that would be even closer to underrated than overrated, because nobody appreciates it as much as they should for how important it is in everyday life.

    • @patrickhector
      @patrickhector 7 років тому +37

      Or, you know, "underrated" and "overrated" are both terms relating popularity to quality rather than how much people know about what they're using

    • @KDub57
      @KDub57 7 років тому +37

      I think the work "overrated" is overrated. People use it all the time to describe things that don't line up perfectly with their understanding.

    • @deanyona6246
      @deanyona6246 7 років тому +12

      I was looking for this comment.
      Kevin Wade, True.

    • @louisd1827
      @louisd1827 7 років тому +5

      That is so true, Kevin! :O

    • @simivb
      @simivb 7 років тому +14

      I have no idea how that sentence got approved. Did no one proofread? It makes as much sense as "shooting people is the definition of conservation of energy"

  • @londalonda7793
    @londalonda7793 4 роки тому +1

    How the battery conquered the mouse

  • @latdama
    @latdama 7 років тому +17

    I got no "Qwerty" Keyboard,I got a "Qwertz" keyboard

    • @ZhyarKamal
      @ZhyarKamal 7 років тому +2

      Then it was probably made in germany

    • @realdjwoomy
      @realdjwoomy 7 років тому

      Yeah, m Germany has weird keyboards, I haven't seen one in like 4 years, that's about when I moved to America

    • @Tudas
      @Tudas 7 років тому +1

      Its not weird, its z instead of y because we often use z and it wouldnt be as smooth to type witht the z at the y spot.

    • @Akyomi777
      @Akyomi777 7 років тому

      those things when you have QWERTZ keyboard and someone in game says how do is start train?
      i say Y and he said... but its not working and i said... try more times...
      he still not working...
      me OH MY GOD!!! i have QWERTZ keyboard go and press that ZZZZ!

  • @GingerGingie
    @GingerGingie 7 років тому +4

    When we moved from the US to Germany, I was surprised to find the 'Y' and the 'Z' switch places on German keyboards. Odd to me, but I guess they use the 'Z' much more, so place it more predominately. We ended up switching the command back to US standards because it's just easier for us to type the way we're used to.

  • @billipbillip8411
    @billipbillip8411 6 років тому +56

    The only reason is that QWERTY sounds cool thats why it caught on!

    • @Sg133
      @Sg133 4 роки тому +1

      But azerty also sounds cool ;-;

  • @JamesSmith-ix5jd
    @JamesSmith-ix5jd 2 роки тому

    qwerty is the best thing that happened to computers in an entire century. imagine not just 2-3 ways of doing something but 22 equally popular among the people, it's just madness. The standard is valuable not because it's most convenient or most optimized, but because it standardizes our cooperation, communication and interchangeability of things, people and tools.

  • @r4sk3t96
    @r4sk3t96 5 років тому +27

    “we’re all using it but we don’t know why. That’s the definition of overrated.”
    *Uh no it isn’t*

  • @RubberKid100
    @RubberKid100 7 років тому +41

    Okay but
    AZERTY

  • @pixelchu
    @pixelchu 6 років тому +6

    From what I heard...The QWERTY Keyboard was made with the intention with the middle row having the most commonly used letters and the less “popular” letters are shifted up or down.

    • @Cornerback3141
      @Cornerback3141 6 років тому +1

      That can't be. Take a look at the Colemak layout for an example of a layout where this is the case, where the middle row consists of a, r, s, t, d, h, n, e, i, and o. Those are much more common letters compared to QWERTY, which places letters like f and j and even ; on the resting positions.

  • @ahanapanja3372
    @ahanapanja3372 3 роки тому +1

    I remember reading somewhere that a guy called Qwert Yuiop invented the modern typewriter and left his name on it. And I actually believed it lol

  • @LazyEinstein
    @LazyEinstein 6 років тому +24

    Using Dvorak since 2010 because it is the best.

    • @mkl_
      @mkl_ 6 років тому +8

      Dvorak since 2005 here - no more wrist pain as back then, and faster speeds within a month or two. ^^ Good choice!

    • @bolt.2334
      @bolt.2334 5 років тому

      Reeeememm

    • @dasungeheuer3873
      @dasungeheuer3873 5 років тому +1

      The L is in a bad location

    • @Annie-hb8ob
      @Annie-hb8ob 4 роки тому

      My boyfriend uses it as well, but on a qwerty keyboard. I don't get how he doesn't get confused

  • @biswajitmahanta500
    @biswajitmahanta500 6 років тому +11

    If the qwerty keyboard gets changed i will lose my typing speed.

    • @onebacon_
      @onebacon_ 6 років тому

      Is there something better we can change it to?

    • @JeroenJA
      @JeroenJA 6 років тому

      I had to switch sometimes between azerty and qwerty, in a week or so you're 99% adapted, with 1% mistypes , mostly q for a :) .
      other changes I haven't tried. For dutch i think the q is way to prominent in easy to hit keys on both keyboard layouts.
      the middle and top line are most easy to reach , so vocals should alway be in or the top, or second line somewhat in my thoughts :) . but you could of course also go totolly out of the current keyboard structures in the 3 letter lines..
      Something like this looks hilarious :
      www.boundlessat.com/core/media/media.nl?id=982503&c=1281905&h=fc13620871e9e74b5ba5

    • @chicken3100
      @chicken3100 6 років тому

      lmao rawr xd

    • @mariomason95
      @mariomason95 6 років тому

      I type this 147 wpm lolz

  • @srslydontmindme
    @srslydontmindme 5 років тому +5

    The story I was told behind it was that the keys on type writers were originally set in alphabetical order, and the reason behind mixing the letters up was because people would type too fast and knew the layout so well that they would break typewriters.

    • @rainbowdiamond7689
      @rainbowdiamond7689 2 роки тому

      same

    • @shrimpflea
      @shrimpflea 2 роки тому +2

      That is actually completely untrue. Once you learn the keyboard layout it doesn't matter.
      It came from testing with telegraph operators who they they thought would be mainly using the typewriters. That key pattern just seem to suit them.

  • @stevenleyson728
    @stevenleyson728 3 роки тому

    Fascinating about qwerty keyboard is that we arranged it using the name typewriter in one single line. Fun facts about qwerrty is that we can type even were not looking

  • @snigdhaprakash6485
    @snigdhaprakash6485 6 років тому +111

    That's all fine, but why not just a simple ABCD

    • @gayguy4peace16
      @gayguy4peace16 6 років тому +6

      Right?

    • @2ndmushroom788
      @2ndmushroom788 6 років тому +73

      I think it is because QWERTY is meant to have the more common letters (E, T, N etc.) Located where they were more easily accessible. ABCD places common letters like A away from the central part of the keyboard, where it makes the most sense to place your hands.
      I think.

    • @30secondstomarsMBH
      @30secondstomarsMBH 6 років тому +9

      Except A is to my left, B is down the bottom in the centre, C is towards my left, D is above it.
      It doesn't ACTUALLY make sense.

    • @tantejunko
      @tantejunko 6 років тому

      .

    • @Qitya
      @Qitya 6 років тому

      Because you can't touch type (touch typing means typing without seeing the keyboard the j and f have dashes on them )

  • @pauloshdias
    @pauloshdias 7 років тому +31

    My question is, why you didn't talk about azerty keyboards. At least in Portugal I´ve never seen any typewriter that was not azerty. And (even nowadays) it's not that hard to cross paths with classic typewriters.

    • @i.147
      @i.147 6 років тому +1

      In France,our keyboard are still azerty !

    • @lythd
      @lythd 6 років тому +1

      Querty is way more popular. Azerty and qwertzu keyboards are not used as much.

    • @pauloshdias
      @pauloshdias 6 років тому

      Well yes but they talked about a bunch other keyboards. I would expect azerty would be one of the most populars right after querty.

    • @pauloshdias
      @pauloshdias 6 років тому +1

      Os anos 60, em Portugal, sempre foram muito marcados pela influência francesa. Em Portugal é muito dificil encontrar máquinas de escrever com um teclado diferente do Azerty.

    • @scruffsnugg736
      @scruffsnugg736 6 років тому

      I have azerty on my phone's keyboard but I always use quertz

  • @timtmtm7689
    @timtmtm7689 7 років тому +12

    qwertz is real (German Layout)

    • @daniel4726
      @daniel4726 7 років тому +1

      TimTM In czech we have QWERTZ too

  • @kxmode
    @kxmode Місяць тому

    Fun fact: The keys on a keyboard are arranged in diagonal columns because original typewriters needed space for the metal levers connecting the keys to the type bar. Technically, modern keyboards don’t require this diagonal arrangement anymore!

  • @cliffworsfold1994
    @cliffworsfold1994 6 років тому +52

    Typewriter
    Huh. It worked.

    • @lyndafaye6748
      @lyndafaye6748 6 років тому

      SHULLS? CHRISTOPHER LATHEM SHULLS? WHAT ? THIS GUY ISN'T PRONOUNCING THE CORRECT NAME OF THE INVENTOR OF THE "KEYBOARD'???
      GIVE US HIS FULL EXACT PRECISELY= SPELLED NAME, AND WHY ONLY TWO
      VIDEOS? THIS GUY DESERVES A HOLIDAY TOO, DON' YOU THINK? SOME GUY OUGHT
      TO INVENT LARGER KEYS FOR MEN TO BE ABLE TO USE THEM MORE EASILY, TOO,
      DON' TYOU THINK? AND I'M STILL UPSET THAT OUR GOVERNMENTAL REPS CRAMMED FOUR PRESIDENT BIRTHDAYS INTO ONE; THIS GUY DOESN'T HAVE EVEN ONE "DESIGNATED COMMERATIVE DAY" WITH WHICH WE COULD SHOW OUR RESPECT FOR HIS INVENTION " . HOW DOES ONE WRITE TO GOOGLE? TO YOU TUBE? SUPPORT DOESN'T SEEM TO "CARE" . I HAPPEN TO CARE, THAT'S ALL! ANYONE KNOW WHO GIVES A DARN? WAIT!! ONLY TWO VIDEOS ABOUT THE GUY WHO INVENTED "OUR'
      KEYBOARDS? WHAT'S GOING ON? COULDN'T WE AT LEAST CRAM ALL OF THEM INTO
      AT LEAST "ONE CELEBRATED" HOLIDAY--SUCH AS OUR GOVERNMENT HAS DONE WITH
      OUR PRESIDENTS' HAVING TO SHARE BIRTHDAYS ? Who Invented the QWERTY
      Keyboard AFTER Qwerty?CHRISTOPHER WHAT? LATHEM SHOLES ?? SPELL IT FOR
      US: NOVEMBER 17TH IS APPARENTLY A NEWLY APPOIINTED /ELECTED HOLIDAY FOR SOME ODD REASON BY SOME PERSON; NOW A HOLIDAY-DUH, IT'S MY SISTER'S BIRTHDAY. DO YOU GUYS
      REMEMBER THE GUY WHO INVENTED THE ASDFJKLM TYPING FORM? HE WAS A
      MILITARY MAN;; WE COULDN'T LIVE TODAY WITHOUT HIM ON THE INTERNET ? HOW
      ABOUT A DAY TO CELEBRATE THEY GUY WHO GAVE US THE KEYBOARD ? (EVEN IF
      THEY AREN'T LARGE ENOUGH FOR MEN'S FINGERS TO TYPE ON, RIGHT ?) LET'S
      FIND HIM, HIS NAME AT LEAST, OK????? THANKS
      (15) Who Invented the QWERTY Keyboard? -
      UA-camTHEN ASAK DIVORAK ? THE NARRATOR PRONOUNCES HIS NAME, TWO
      DIFFERENT WAYS, SO WE WON'T BE ABLE TO KNOW,...DUH, WAS HE ALSO BY
      CHANCE RELATED TO THE GREAT COMPOSER ?COMMON VOWELS(spell that so we'll
      know, too ? Thanks)
      MARK TWAIN WAS THE FIRST PURCHASER OF THE KEYBOARD/TYPEWRITER,
      THAT'S INTERESTING; THANK GOD HE GOT A HOLD OF ONE SOON!!WHAT ABOUT A
      "SPECIFIC CELEBRATED DAY" FOR MARK TWAIN TOO ?ONLY THREE YOU TUBES
      REGARDING THE INVENTION OF THE KEYBOARD, WHICH NONE OF US COULD EXIST ON
      THE INTERNET, WITHOUT ??!! ….WAIT, ? THERE ARE
      ONLY TWO VIDEOS ABOUT THE GUY WHO INVENTED "OUR' KEYBOARDS? WHAT'S
      GOING ON? COULDN'T WE AT LEAST CRAM ALL OF THEM INTO AT LEAST "ONE
      CELEBRATED" HOLIDAY--SUCH AS OUR GOVERNMENT HAS DONE WITH OUR
      PRESIDENTS' HAVING TO SHARE BIRTHDAYS ? Who Invented the QWERTY Keyboard
      AFTER Qwerty?CHRISTOPHER WHAT? LATHEM SHOLES ?? SPELL IT FOR US:
      NOVEMBER
      17TH IS NOW A HOLIDAY-DUH, IT'S MY SISTER'S BIRTHDAY. DO YOU GUYS
      REMEMBER THE GUY WHO INVENTED THE ASDFJKLM TYPING FORM? HE WAS A
      MILITARY MAN;; WE COULDN'T LIVE TODAY WITHOUT HIM ON THE INTERNET ? HOW
      ABOUT A DAY TO CELEBRATE THEY GUY WHO GAVE US THE KEYBOARD ? (EVEN IF
      THEY AREN'T LARGE ENOUGH FOR MEN'S FINGERS TO TYPE ON, RIGHT ?) LET'S
      FIND HIM, HIS NAME AT LEAST, OK????? THANKS
      (15) Who Invented the QWERTY Keyboard? -
      UA-camTHEN ASAK DIVORAK ? WAS HE ALSO BY CHANCE REALTED TO THE GREAT
      COMPOSER ?COMMON VOWELS(spell that so we'll know, too ? Thanks)
      MARK TWAIN WAS THE FIRST PURCHASER OF THE KEYBOARD/TYPEWRITER,
      THAT'S INTERESTING; THANK GOD HE GOT A HOLD OF ONE SOON!!WHAT ABOUT A
      "SPECIFIC CELEBRATED DAY" FOR MARK TWAIN TOO ?ONLY THREE YOU TUBES
      REGARDING THE INVENTION OF THE KEYBOARD, WHICH NONE OF US COULD EXIST ON
      THE INTERNET, WITHOUT ?

  • @OldBloxycube
    @OldBloxycube 5 років тому +10

    Sure 99%? i am using a qwertz keyboard
    and also an CDEFGAB keyboard

  • @LesserLordKusanali
    @LesserLordKusanali 4 роки тому +8

    Him: "We all use the QWERTY."
    Me, a french guy: *laughs in AZERTY*

  • @csar3505
    @csar3505 6 років тому +86

    I got AZERTY

    • @joshuamaddelein8250
      @joshuamaddelein8250 6 років тому +1

      @randomcomedy ZQSD

    • @HitHard1008
      @HitHard1008 6 років тому

      Then
      Welcome to 700BC

    • @doom694
      @doom694 6 років тому

      @@joshuamaddelein8250 Belgium?

    • @Adventurer32
      @Adventurer32 6 років тому +2

      I'm actually developing a game, and I had one of my playtesters go to me, and say it was hard to play on his "Azerty keyboard" at the time, I had no idea what that was. Long story short, this was my first game to ever include AZERTY alternate control schemes.... atleast theres something in it. Oh, it's a space shooter / leveling arcade game thingy incase you were wondering.

    • @fsujaguar7919
      @fsujaguar7919 5 років тому

      Cæsar

  • @carsonschoen3350
    @carsonschoen3350 7 років тому +14

    When I learned to type in 5th grade they told us that the keys were arranged to put the most frequently used keys together.

    • @lilahb.8698
      @lilahb.8698 7 років тому

      It's why people switch to other keyboards for languages, and also kinda why QWERTY isn't the best. If I remember right, 'e' is the most used key, yet it is not placed somewhere better. Some people I know (*cough*one*cough*) have switched to DVORAK because, according to them, it lets you type faster.
      I guess if you're going to invest the time you can switch to another keyboard layout in your settings without buying a new keyboard or even rearranging the key caps. If you want to earn a whole new way of typing.
      So there's that.

    • @TheGuindo
      @TheGuindo 7 років тому +1

      Ender Flight I switched to Dvorak years ago and never looked back, it is SO much better than QWERTY. Whether or not it's actually faster, I can't say, but it certainly doesn't feel any slower, and it's *much* more comfortable and way easier to touch-type with it. Keeping 80% of your keystrokes on home row makes a massive difference. For instance, E is directly under your left middle finger on home row. "The" is right-middle, right-index, left-middle. You don't even have to move anything away from home row to type the most common word in the english language.
      The only *real* issue with Dvorak is how nobody else uses it. So every time I have to use a computer that isn't mine I'm back to uselessly hunting and pecking on QWERTY lmfao.

  • @kingcookie4714
    @kingcookie4714 6 років тому +65

    I changed this comment so nobody knows why i have 69 likes

    • @icewallowcomee6790
      @icewallowcomee6790 6 років тому +3

      Kingcookie Video’s lol rip

    • @guillaumec1636
      @guillaumec1636 6 років тому +2

      Just change your settings in your pc

    • @francesatty7022
      @francesatty7022 6 років тому

      so is it zqsd? or do you have to put your fingers in different places to still have the letters wasd?

    • @koyozuki
      @koyozuki 6 років тому

      Im french and i got a azerty keyboard ^^ but when i play an English/USA game and the controls can't be definited i need to switch :/

  • @blindedbliss
    @blindedbliss 2 роки тому

    3:13 - The 'FLAEIO' keyboard? The 'YUOIE' keyboard? Best I can come up with (sadly).
    Questions:
    1) Does the I and O, double as 1 and 0?
    2) Bottom row: What does the secondary symbols on the fifth & ninth keys symbolise (left to right counting)? What's the 10th key? The tripple horizontal dots?

  • @onee
    @onee 7 років тому +4

    0:08 I doubt that that statistic is correct.
    Actually Belgium and France have AZERTY.
    Germany, Czech Republic, Austria, Switzerland have QWERTZ.
    Azerbaijan has QÜERTY.
    Turkmenistan has ÄWERTY.
    Lithuania has ĄŽERTY.
    Latvia has ŪGJRMV.
    Turkey used to have an efficient F-keyboard starting with FGĞIOD, but QWERTY took over due to import keyboards.