karpmax: Why QWERTY was Invented

There is one simple reason why the QWERTY keyboard is the keyboard that we still use today; one of the first men who created the typewriter made QWERTY the format for typing. Besides this there is no other reason why C. L. Sholes (the creator of the QWERTY format) other than this is simply where he decided to put the letters on his type writer. It was not an accepted keyboard at first but in 1878 the QWERTY keyboard was patented. “In this case, the answer lies in the old proverb about the early bird catching the worm. As far as the typewriter keyboard is concerned, being first was the whole ball game.”

After being patented it became used worldwide and is now known as the "Universal" keyboard. Most people today use this format when they type or text because it is the most accessible and in most people's opinions the easiest way to type. Although several other keyboards have been introduced (such as the ABCD... keyboard which has all the letters in alphabetical order) but the QWERTY keyboard is the only one that has stuck.