Was the QWERTY keyboard purposely designed to slow typists? (straightdope.com)

2 points by lliiffee 16y ago ↗ HN

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Bizarrely no one chose to mention one of the "tales" i have heard for why QWERTYUIOP is the top row: you can spell TYPEWRITER using these letters, which was a neat demonstration for potential buyers, back when the name for this new technology was up for grabs...