Why exactly do we still use qwerty style keyboards? We don’t use typewriters anymore.

Question

I honestly don’t get why the heck we use this stupid layout… please somebody help me understand.

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Answer 1

Because when the transition between electric keyboards and mechanical typewriters happened, they still had to cater to an enormous pool of peole who already knew how to type. It was a perfectly functional standard, most people who knew how to type already knew how to do it, and learning on a different keyboard would not benefit new typists more than the existing standards. In short:

https://xkcd.com/927/