Re: The Cult of the vi Eloi/Moorlock
the commonest keyboard in use still has its keys laid out in order to constrain the users speed lest the mechanical parts of almost forgotten typewriters get jammed
According to the QI elves and Wikipedia that is incorrect, QWERTY was designed to increase speed not decrease it (albeit by reducing jams).
Plus has happy coincidence of design of encouraging two handed multi-finger typing which is more efficient than alternatives.
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