How QWERTY conquered keyboards

[@spaghetti2777]

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]

I love you QWERTY

[@JB-qq1xz]

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]

Spaghetti qwerty

[@parrisnia72]

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

[@cloudoftime]

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

[@21whichiswhich]

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]

Your fingers know the keyboard.

[@MayerJune]

Yes! I tried it just now

[@Mokkari77]

The wonder of muscle memory.

[@piratecandy6310]

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

[@lyndafaye6748]

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? - KZbinTHEN 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? - KZbinTHEN 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 ?

[@phoenix887]

This video didn’t actually tell me anything.

[@antdx316]

Try again later.

[@baluandhavarapu5786]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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

[@anas-jl3bh]

exactly

[@RedStoneMatt]

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

[@hoseigis6741]

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

[@behavior2836]

@@hoseigis6741 im from the USA

[@kuriyamacho]

@@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 :-)

[@salamiraccoon]

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]

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]

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

[@eugenerider0701]

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]

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

[@4lex4dventures96]

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

[@tubehelpr]

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

[@MoonyCookie]

about67turtles lol ikrrr

[@RUMPshit]

about67turtles yeah

[@davinmichaelgarg7915]

He never said why it's overrated!

[@justaiden1268]

about67turtles I use the QWERT SO I MISS THE Y

[@DirtyBBird]

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

[@adireloaded]

*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]

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]

A J French people got azerty keywords

[@ketsuekikumori9145]

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]

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]

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

[@tillie_brn]

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

[@MeedyMedia]

Oh. So what do u use instead of wasd

[@na9615]

@@MeedyMedia ZQSD

[@Viviiii]

Same

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]

Same

[@camgood2437]

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]

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

[@Tu51ndBl4d3]

It's not that hard

[@juliette7151]

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

[@koober_]

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]

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.

[@jake-ip9vg]

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

[@eazye.b.3585]

YO THAT LITERALLY JUST HAPPENED TO ME JUST NOW

[@darasusana9841]

Its 03:05 I was about to go to sleep..

[@fluffybunny364]

Lol same here

[@theshrimplorde3969]

Correction 4

[@maryf.6594]

2:49 rn

[@teazy9836]

How WASD conquered keyboard.

[@janjelinek4283]

There is an actual video about it

[@bluestreaks6145]

Its gaming time

[@unknown-otter]

ESDF gang

[@Paularite]

ZQSD team

[@SinisterAlex]

Gaming time baby

[@mascot4950]

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

[@CubingTheSphere]

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

[@mascot4950]

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

[@peterbyykkonen8901]

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

[@laurapopovac8633]

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]

Uffhjjjkllo

[@MiMi_MoMo]

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]

JHerrera2004 and sometimes w

[@LightKnight_Age_Of]

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]

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]

@@jERA2k lol yeah

[@qwakyyy]

ㅎ I pressed g

[@MyInstantSearch]

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

[@claytoncourtney1309]

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]

tbh, that's a really slow speed in 2017

[@scottd426]

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

[@bassammalik8085]

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]

philosophy sobs

[@coconutoes]

I like how he speaks random gibberish throughout the video.

[@pauljordan4452]

Are you being sarcastic?

[@Dekeullan]

@@pauljordan4452 whoosh

[@mahalisyarifuddin]

When he said "KWBHGP", I feel that.

[@yuriang_8050]

@@Dekeullan no you r/woooosh

[@jayled6780]

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

[@VirgoShelter]

Until there weren't

[@Xgil2Play]

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

[@halfsourlizard9319]

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

[@plshelp]

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

[@audroraa]

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]

Score Master / #ConTV qwertz not qwertzu

[@plshelp]

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

[@barnabasgardai6174]

In Hungary we use QWERTZU too.

[@solarprogeny6736]

Azertyuiop I'm french

[@meltedbutters9821]

meanwhile in a parallel universe "How XPMCHR conquered keyboards"

[@joelmontalvo62]

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

[@DJ_DubieWubie]

Jack Jazzdeathform, how ABCDEF Conquered keyboards

[@lastfebruary]

Jack Jazzdeathform how asdf conquered keyboards

[@hongyi5140]

Jack Jazzdeathform how did WASD conquered gaming

[@homudkweli879]

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

[@einHolzkopf]

i got QWERTZ

[@BristolCityVideos]

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

[@einHolzkopf]

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

[@BristolCityVideos]

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

[@ashhhh7335]

einHolzkopf QWERTY

[@schnurtelefon8844]

moin du holzkopf auch hier xd

[@Pepa14pig]

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

[@readisgooddewaterkant7890]

arabs too

[@luluthecat1570]

We use qwerty tho

[@Pepa14pig]

nøthin depends on the country you’re in

[@luluthecat1570]

@@Pepa14pig yes

[@arne4926-x8o]

In Germany we have QWERTZ In France there is AZERTY or Something

[@_armoricat_]

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

[@SpaceCat01]

everyone i know uses QWERTZ

[@tai3531]

no way... 1% man

[@zladaxledzaz9317]

QWERTY,QÜERTY,QWERTY,QWERTY,ЈҮУКНГ.

[@Diamondesignsempires]

I use QWERTY but i can change it lol

[@velcranoxofficials9970]

@@SpaceCat01 is it heil or seige?

[@retrofilmwork]

*ABCD* has left the chat

[@mr.bobzey4508]

RSTUDIOS

[@brittanyjohnson1538]

ABCD

[@DetLeveneBlandselvSlik]

Авсd наs d|еd

[@user-0r67h2wdhu]

_qwertz is crying_

[@philippplayz]

@@user-0r67h2wdhu yes

[@saekki1506]

*laughing in french*

[@prumset6059]

saekki haha xD

[@mariomason95]

"hon hon hon hon"

[@saekki1506]

hheyitzmason c b1 frr

[@DontreadPimpBoy]

Shut up, croissant

[@olivierziou268]

Azerty

[@Goassbeidlbauanbua]

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"?

[@vedantmungre1702]

That makes no sense!

[@Phillipx90]

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

[@WuizGaming]

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

[@contributiontosociety1802]

@@WuizGaming *Belgium too

[@des_poule_lins]

@@contributiontosociety1802 yes finally

[@karlteletubbyzuruckwinker8083]

@@existingdude4949 bruh

[@frederikqu7717]

@@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

[@oliversime4360]

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]

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

[@wadinatorthevile2805]

Yeah, I was thinking about that.

[@Vox]

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]

Vox hi

[@JimCullen]

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]

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]

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]

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.

[@xexpaguette]

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.

[@ContinualImprovement]

"Qwerty" one of the most common passwords.

[@jayfawn8478]

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

[@thekiminthenorth504]

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

[@GreasyBaconBro]

TMR Teckk mine is analmidgetbdsm69

[@onyx_vii7808]

Mine is password

[@yongamer]

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.

[@eduardoborges506]

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]

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]

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]

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

[@whlnjoon5537]

Andrei Felix ok that actually makes a lot of sense

[@vdentertainment8372]

Eduardo Borges i Use azerty mwhahahaha*sneaks away*

[@Taken4Granted2]

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

[@pizzanl9247]

Everybody: Qwerty Belgium: Azerty

[@Mariaguilar941]

ᏣᏔᎧᎿᏀᏍ

[@Mariaguilar941]

Авсенјкморѕтх

[@anandyachristian533]

France too

[@pizzanl9247]

I know

[@sudoShiba]

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

[@kimberlyseakhoa-king3382]

Roberto Zunica they also use azerty in France

[@springbonnietheanimator3895]

my old laptop had qwertx

[@cacaboulette7010]

I’m from Belgium

[@chrisdecokere2899]

I bought a Laptop in belgium online that had a qwerty, cuz I hate Azerty. It. Just. Sucks.

[@mathijs9118]

I'm so used to azerty lol

[@lou3712]

Oh wait you use QWERTY? I use WASD

[@_mashupgamer_7762]

Wasd stands for Why Ass suckers die

[@dzero5398]

Your god damn right good sir!

[@RubyPiec]

_Mashup Gamer_ WASD = U ASSD

[@mattehwizard1979]

Aww its a console player who is whining

[@tailsfox45]

UUHHH OOOOHHHHHHHHH FOUND THE GAMMMMEEEERRRRRRR

[@Fr4ncM]

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

[@cessposter]

That is straight up bringing a gun.

[@LesserLordKusanali]

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

[@thesexman826]

I shall laugh with you

[@carl3305]

haHA i have QWERTZ

[@bentton7311]

Same

[@zschucki]

It's just the german version

[@TD-pd6cu]

Qeert

[@hamsterama]

+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]

Same QWERTZ is also used in the balkans

[@TokenyYT]

I Only Need WASD On My Keyboard

[@getrekt5274]

Tokeny same

[@mshart3476]

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

[@JannisAdmek]

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

[@microwave9679]

Tokeny I just need ctrl

[@billy_boi]

If you play Minectaft you need only that XD

[@alkreischer]

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

[@CrazedComposure]

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]

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]

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

[@wino0000006]

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

[@wino0000006]

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

[@davidtydeman1434]

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

[@rea8585]

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]

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]

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

[@jellewijckmans4836]

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]

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

[@edwingraca7708]

Quick Fix Yayyy i also have qwertz

[@shantalz7749]

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

[@다나.진부한]

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

[@BobRossCat]

Goddammit Laurens LOL

[@BobRossCat]

Water scape o-o

[@arisaka233]

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

[@gooblah6217]

Oh yeah about that son...

[@VeeTOHFan]

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

[@lyndafaye6748]

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? - KZbinTHEN 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? - KZbinTHEN 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]

but hy tho?

[@BilguunBatbayar]

People typing on the QWERTY look painful. - Dvorak user

[@TheAdventurousHermits]

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

[@ryleejay8739]

The Vegan Wallflower qwerty

[@karissa_snguyen]

Qwerty

[@pheebs4710]

The Vegan Wallflower same

[@johan_juhic]

Qwertz

[@Anthonipa]

Same

[@itsallgood5314]

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]

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

[@itsallgood5314]

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

[@MixxC]

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

[@1UpsForLife]

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]

1UpsForLife completely agree

[@riletex1799]

People with an azerty keyboard please stand up!

[@bunbunnbunnybun]

*cricket noises*

[@laszlomiklos3421]

Rile Tex not me you French or Belgian human!

[@bluestreaks6145]

Oh la la

[@bluestreaks6145]

me too

[@sant_vauls]

i used to type with an azerty keyboard even tho i'm not french xD now i use a dvorak keyboard

[@kevinatarsya2532]

Me:*searchs "AZERTY"* KZbin : uno reverse card

[@Willensimperium]

"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]

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]

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]

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

[@louisd1827]

That is so true, Kevin! :O

[@simivb]

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"

[@salokin3087]

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

[@prisminc158]

Didn't I see you in the Rohingya video?

[@BrainActivity1]

Hilarious

[@nightcorecatzawa5291]

Lets see qwertyuiopasdfghjklzxcvbnm yep

[@reaper__2395]

Salokin ,

[@moonlight.570]

Salokin QWERTY I have it

[@warri8950]

Azerty (Im from belgium)

[@Skerathh]

Zwari Hari ayy me too

[@aleksifrmdao]

Zwari Hari i have qwertz

[@MATAM29]

ThatSlave Gt I have QWERTZ too.

[@mr.e1212]

How do u play fps? 0_0

[@sle3ppy]

SaltyPotato I have abcdef

[@HongKongGhost]

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

[@mentalost]

qwertz from Slovakia

[@Akyomi777]

same qwertz

[@171plsdx44]

Qwerty

[@Krissssz]

qwertz

[@DamanD]

qwertz for me too (:

[@TechnoGlobalist]

qwertz

[@SlicksGaming]

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]

SlicksGaming logic!

[@firewater4084]

SlicksGaming lol

[@Twixes3D]

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

[@Alittlebitinteresting]

He calls it overrated at least 5 times

[@BroudbrunMusicMerge]

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.

[@angnaa13]

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]

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

[@josephrinaldi6653]

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

[@Luckyy541]

Ali MoreHEH AngnA qwertyuiopasdfghjklzxcvbnm

[@yeah3771]

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

[@dartboardbaby]

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

[@mohit.sandhu]

People watched this video, yet didn't get anything from it. It makes this video Overrated.

[@neoneonize]

Well in my country we have QWERTZ

[@spirit006theassassin]

Same

[@portalenthusiast823]

I use qwerty, however, for my phone's German keyboard I have chosen to use qwertz for authenticity

[@rokoloncar6947]

Y an Z just changed places

[@chicken3100]

huehuehue

[@vagasigergo7797]

We have it too in Hungary

[@MrEvolutionable]

German layout is qwertz for some reason...

[@gummygnom]

Because y is very rare in German.

[@simsgamer817]

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

[@tripy75]

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

[@seppoleonvervloet132]

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]

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..

[@DaNintendude]

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

[@fearlesskugkug5192]

XD

[@undercover_idiot]

Lol

[@han_is_hanah]

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

[@Dalen22_W]

I have a qwertz keyboard

[@xx_tammo_xx198]

German ist gut

[@cobbyc2087]

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

[@xx_tammo_xx198]

GetRektLolz austria ? Switzerland ?

[@cobbyc2087]

nope aaaand nope

[@xx_tammo_xx198]

GetRektLolz europe ?

[@nickcoww]

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]

Tzpewriter xdd

[@jensantos1659]

Typewriter

[@edouard1207]

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

[@TrainerGre3n]

My keyboard is azerty

[@kiliwami4086]

erik knight Bonjour mon ami qui habite en France

[@Ciapulek0165]

Kili Studios Moi aussi!

[@TrainerGre3n]

j'utilise Google Traduction

[@MsTh5]

France is not the only country to use azerty

[@TrainerGre3n]

I'm in the us

[@bosspin]

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

[@latdama]

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

[@ZhyarKamal]

Then it was probably made in germany

[@realdjwoomy]

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

[@Tudas]

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]

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!

[@frukuri3424]

Watching this with a QWERTZ keyboard

[@VS-mt3hr]

which country

[@frukuri3424]

@@VS-mt3hr Deutschland

[@VS-mt3hr]

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

[@questy4tw]

@@VS-mt3hr ja ungarrn und noch ein anderes

[@r4sk3t96]

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

[@Voltorb1993]

Ha, it's QWERTZ over here :D

[@STOCathain]

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.

[@seastilton7912]

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]

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]

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? - KZbinTHEN 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? - KZbinTHEN 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]

Christ in caps lock...

[@teh-maxh]

QWERTY only has one vowel in home row, though.

[@Neliel97]

in belgium it's azerty

[@lyndafaye6748]

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? - KZbinTHEN 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? - KZbinTHEN 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]

@@lyndafaye6748 oh

[@unseen2880]

Lynda Faye Jesus Christ chill

[@londalonda7793]

How the battery conquered the mouse

[@snigdhaprakash6485]

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

[@gayguy4peace16]

Right?

[@2ndmushroom788]

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]

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]

.

[@Qitya]

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

[@RubberKid100]

Okay but AZERTY

[@putt7515]

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]

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.

[@ChazyChaz.]

Qwerty like a melody my hea- wait WHAT

[@brianchoromanski]

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]

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]

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

[@brianchoromanski]

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]

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]

yeah lul

[@lordsefe2437]

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

[@Techn1kal]

Same in Hungary, plus we have ö,ü,ó,ő,ú,é,á,ű,í

[@whyareyoureadingthis3936]

In Serbia we too use QWERTZ with letters č,ć,đ,ž,š

[@cenedictbumberbatch95]

Some random Guy I’m live inSerbia too

[@cenedictbumberbatch95]

Lord Sefe the word is “swapped”

[@in_wino_veritas]

same with us in Austria.

[@XSunacX]

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

[@patrik.4403]

0:07 I belong to the 1% that has QWERTZ, am i special now?

[@biswajitmahanta500]

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

[@onebacon_]

Is there something better we can change it to?

[@JeroenJA]

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]

lmao rawr xd

[@mariomason95]

I type this 147 wpm lolz

[@billipbillip8411]

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

[@Sg133]

But azerty also sounds cool ;-;

[@Bladeballer57]

i don’t have to read the comments to know people will argue about what keyboard is best. There will never be a true answer and you guys are hanging on the idea that you’re different from most. WHO CARES

[@gab_gallard]

Juan Perdomo If I remember correctly, there were several studies that demonstrated how the Dvorak layout improves considerably the efficency in english and a couple of other germanic languages, improving velocity and reducing errors and hand strain, although it does not works well with romance languages. In the end it all depends about the language. Obviosly both Dvorak and QWERTY are totally useless in japanese, for example, and they only use QWERTY for commercial reasons, with the symbols they actually need stamped over the keys at their convenience.

[@zenithchan1646]

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

[@csar3505]

I got AZERTY

[@joshuamaddelein8250]

@randomcomedy ZQSD

[@HitHard1008]

Then Welcome to 700BC

[@doom694]

@@joshuamaddelein8250 Belgium?

[@Adventurer32]

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]

Cæsar

[@x-90]

I thought this was like some highest word on scrabble crap

[@iBug]

A 99% chance that it's QWERTY? Is that a 99% chance that it's QWERTY *in the US?* #QWERTZ

[@JackieWelles]

iBug lol Germans know what you mean,so annoying

[@iBug]

Also Austria & Switzerland, and - in my case - Luxembourg. 🇱🇺

[@bilalmehdaoui4213]

iBug there's the AZERTY keyboard, too

[@smheath]

A 99% chance that the audience of this video has a QWERTY keyboard. Yeah, Germany has QWERTZ, but how many Germans are watching English videos?

[@Dioulleain]

Michael Heath probably quite a few. We tend to be quite interested in what happens outside our borders here in Europe. Dutchman here

[@iateyourbread]

yeah but without QWERTY, there would be no WASD, or Q or E to be next to, or even R or F and all the other beautiful letters and quirks and gadgets for gaming.

[@iateyourbread]

@@IsaaacWithThreeA exactly.

[@iateyourbread]

@@IsaaacWithThreeA yes!

[@artemisventures]

In Germany we have QWERTZ In croatia we have it to 99% 😂😂😂

[@GingerGingie]

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.

[@cliffworsfold1994]

Typewriter Huh. It worked.

[@lyndafaye6748]

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? - KZbinTHEN 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? - KZbinTHEN 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 ?

[@JamesSmith-ix5jd]

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.

[@GodplayGamerZulul]

It's not overrated, there's nothing wrong with the actual design and all of us are accustomed to it. Right now I'm typing without looking at my keyboard and sure I make some mistakes that need to be fixed, but for the most part I can type just fine. If I got a different keyboard then 11 years of learning this would all be for naught.

[@stefnotch]

Godplay Gamer Well, there are a bunch of other keyboard layouts that are more efficient. Actually, the QWERTY is really inefficient. That's why the urban legend that says that the layout is supposed to slow typists down in order to prevent the typewriter from getting jammed exists. For example, "etaoin" are the most common English letters, with e being the most common one. However, only one of them is in the home row. However, at least it's a standardized keyboard. Which is better than having a lot of different standards. So, while it might not be the best standard, it could be worse.

[@GodplayGamerZulul]

Stefnotch Well, there are more languages than English, so you should keep that in mid. And I don't really get why it's supposedly inefficient. If your fingers are fast and you have 10 of them then you can reach every button very quickly.

[@stefnotch]

Most common languages according to some random website: Mandarin: Doesn't really use the QUERTY layout, because they are using Chinese letters Spanish: "eaosnr" --> The QUERTY layout fares slightly better with this language. However, the letter "e" is still in a suboptimal position. Hindi: Doesn't use the QUERTY layout Arabic: Doesn't use the QUERTY layout Portuguese: Very similar to Spanish Bengali: Doesn't use the QUERTY layout Russian: Doesn't use the QUERTY layout .... French: "elaoin" --> The QUERTY layout is inefficient German: "enirst" --> Wow, the QUERTY layout is inefficient! (I'm a native German speaker) So, for the vast majority of the languages, the QUERTY layout is suboptimal. Now, to address your second point: Typing letters in the bottom row takes a bit longer than typing letters that are in the home row. A bunch of extreme examples would be: "z" and "a", "x" and "s"... (You can try it out yourself.) So, since z and x are pretty uncommon letters, it makes sense to put them in the bottom row. However, the letter "n" is fairly common and it is in the bottom row, which isn't optimal. And, the letters "k" and "j", which are pretty uncommon English letters are in the home row. In fact, compared to other keyboard layouts such as the Dvorak and Colemak keyboard layout, the distance that your fingers have to travel is 30-%100% longer. (Should I cite the studies?) Which is quite a lot! So, the QUERTY layout definitely isn't perfect. Fun fact: According to Wikipedia, the fastest typist in the world has used the Dvorak keyboard layout to achieve that record.

[@DirseCT]

Stefnotch I thought the efficiency of layout was going to big factor in Vox’s video. I was really disappointed, so I’m glad you covered that.

[@KevinTheVegan]

They need to start teaching typing at school because I swear to God that most people are absolutely crap at typing

[@KevinTheVegan]

Im 15 and live in UK and I've never done typing but hopefully that has changed :)

[@thundercardoza2470]

Kevin The Vegan you're a vegan. Shut up.

[@grnd_ctrl8387]

Our school does but it's an optional class so take that for what it is

[@legendp2011]

I'm Australian. (currently 23) and at age 10 I was tough to type in school

[@thequeensconquerer316]

Kevin The Vegan My school taught me how to type in Primary 1.

[@timtmtm7689]

qwertz is real (German Layout)

[@daniel4726]

TimTM In czech we have QWERTZ too

[@ibrahimozturk8863]

2:06 now they produce hair cutting machines lol

[@pixelchu]

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]

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.

[@konkondotzip]

"OK, so this top strip here, there is a 99% chance that on your keybouard it's: 'Q W E R T Y'." Me: "YAS I'm part of the 1% (QWERTZ ftw)"

[@readisgooddewaterkant7890]

arabs hold my dscqf3

[@LazyEinstein]

Using Dvorak since 2010 because it is the best.

[@mkl_]

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

[@bolt.2334]

Reeeememm

[@dasungeheuer3873]

The L is in a bad location

[@Annie-hb8ob]

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