Pony (pony)'s status on Thursday, 13-Sep-12 09:03:18 UTC
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@abigpony 'A popular myth is that QWERTY was designed to "slow down" typists though this is incorrect – it was designed to prevent jams while typing at speed, allowing typists to type faster.' -Wiki The sources look reliable for this. Again, I misspoke about slowing down, but I corrected myself on that point. I think in the case of Qwerty, productivity was linked to the mechanics of the typewriters so it's true that it was designed for efficiency, but it was also limited by the type writer. I maintain that it was designed for typewriters still. Obviously though, it wasn't meant to slow down typists.
