Mr Deng's IT News Collection: The tried and tested Qwerty keyboard model has persisted since its first appearance in a typewriter patent application filed in 1868 by US politician, newsman and inventor Christopher Sholes. Curator of Canberra's Australian Typewriter Museum Robert Messenger said challengers come and go but, like it or not, Qwerty is here to stay. He pointed to the emergence of the Dvorak simplified keyboard in the 1930s. Despite boasting faster typing speeds and a more intuitive typing interface - where vowels and consonants were separated on different lines and the most commonly used letters were alternated across both hands - it failed to gain mainstream traction.

02 May, 2014

The tried and tested Qwerty keyboard model has persisted since its first appearance in a typewriter patent application filed in 1868 by US politician, newsman and inventor Christopher Sholes. Curator of Canberra's Australian Typewriter Museum Robert Messenger said challengers come and go but, like it or not, Qwerty is here to stay. He pointed to the emergence of the Dvorak simplified keyboard in the 1930s. Despite boasting faster typing speeds and a more intuitive typing interface - where vowels and consonants were separated on different lines and the most commonly used letters were alternated across both hands - it failed to gain mainstream traction.

http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/digital-life-news/qwerty-still-king-of-the-keyboards-20140502-zr2o6.html