How QWERTY conquered keyboards

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  • @21whichiswhich
    @21whichiswhich 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3341

    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
      @Tina06019 6 ปีที่แล้ว +253

      Your fingers know the keyboard.

    • @MayerJune
      @MayerJune 6 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      Yes! I tried it just now

    • @Mokkari77
      @Mokkari77 6 ปีที่แล้ว +263

      The wonder of muscle memory.

    • @piratecandy6310
      @piratecandy6310 6 ปีที่แล้ว +45

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

    • @lyndafaye6748
      @lyndafaye6748 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      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? -
      TH-camTHEN 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? -
      TH-camTHEN 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 ?

  • @spaghetti2777
    @spaghetti2777 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2381

    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
      @Shadow_Reaper970 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      I love you QWERTY

    • @JB-qq1xz
      @JB-qq1xz 4 ปีที่แล้ว +59

      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
      @argisellek9249 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Spaghetti qwerty

    • @parrisnia72
      @parrisnia72 4 ปีที่แล้ว +37

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

    • @cloudoftime
      @cloudoftime 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

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

  • @phoenix887
    @phoenix887 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5462

    This video didn’t actually tell me anything.

    • @antdx316
      @antdx316 6 ปีที่แล้ว +78

      Try again later.

    • @baluandhavarapu5786
      @baluandhavarapu5786 5 ปีที่แล้ว +271

      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
      @Lucy-fn9rj 5 ปีที่แล้ว +97

      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
      @HaloWolf102 5 ปีที่แล้ว +92

      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
      @Carstoast 5 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      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
    @behavior2836 4 ปีที่แล้ว +476

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

    • @anas-jl3bh
      @anas-jl3bh 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      exactly

    • @RedStoneMatt
      @RedStoneMatt 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

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

    • @hoseigis6741
      @hoseigis6741 4 ปีที่แล้ว

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

    • @behavior2836
      @behavior2836 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@hoseigis6741 im from the USA

    • @kuriyamacho
      @kuriyamacho 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@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 :-)

  • @tubehelpr
    @tubehelpr 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5440

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

    • @MoonyCookie
      @MoonyCookie 7 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      about67turtles lol ikrrr

    • @RUMPshit
      @RUMPshit 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      about67turtles yeah

    • @davinmichaelgarg7915
      @davinmichaelgarg7915 7 ปีที่แล้ว +192

      He never said why it's overrated!

    • @justaiden1268
      @justaiden1268 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      about67turtles I use the QWERT SO I MISS THE Y

    • @DirtyBBird
      @DirtyBBird 7 ปีที่แล้ว +88

      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

  • @salamiraccoon
    @salamiraccoon 7 ปีที่แล้ว +839

    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
      @eaglecentury3409 7 ปีที่แล้ว +74

      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
      @bbounceab5816 7 ปีที่แล้ว +8

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

    • @eugenerider0701
      @eugenerider0701 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      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
      @felipook9 7 ปีที่แล้ว +9

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

    • @4lex4dventures96
      @4lex4dventures96 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      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

  • @jake-ip9vg
    @jake-ip9vg 6 ปีที่แล้ว +939

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

  • @mascot4950
    @mascot4950 2 ปีที่แล้ว +157

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

    • @CubingTheSphere
      @CubingTheSphere 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

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

    • @mascot4950
      @mascot4950 2 ปีที่แล้ว

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

    • @peterbyykkonen8901
      @peterbyykkonen8901 2 ปีที่แล้ว

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

    • @laurapopovac8633
      @laurapopovac8633 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      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
      @ramaslal ปีที่แล้ว

      Uffhjjjkllo

  • @adireloaded
    @adireloaded 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2462

    *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
      @timesink8947 7 ปีที่แล้ว +116

      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
      @bprovendier 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      A J French people got azerty keywords

    • @ketsuekikumori9145
      @ketsuekikumori9145 7 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      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
      @neelparmar6690 7 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      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
      @Jayloke 7 ปีที่แล้ว +13

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

  • @camgood2437
    @camgood2437 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1635

    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
      @dreamerabe 7 ปีที่แล้ว +44

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

    • @Tu51ndBl4d3
      @Tu51ndBl4d3 7 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      It's not that hard

    • @juliette7151
      @juliette7151 7 ปีที่แล้ว +51

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

    • @koober_
      @koober_ 7 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      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
      @saf1729 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      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.

  • @MiMi_MoMo
    @MiMi_MoMo 6 ปีที่แล้ว +445

    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
      @thecrap17yearsago35 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      JHerrera2004 and sometimes w

    • @LightKnight_Age_Of
      @LightKnight_Age_Of 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      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
      @LightKnight_Age_Of 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      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
      @manasakaguchi 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@jERA2k lol yeah

    • @qwakyyy
      @qwakyyy 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4


      I pressed g

  • @jayled6780
    @jayled6780 4 ปีที่แล้ว +300

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

    • @VirgoShelter
      @VirgoShelter 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Until there weren't

    • @Xgil2Play
      @Xgil2Play 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

    • @halfsourlizard9319
      @halfsourlizard9319 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @coconutoes
    @coconutoes 6 ปีที่แล้ว +448

    I like how he speaks random gibberish throughout the video.

    • @pauljordan4452
      @pauljordan4452 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Are you being sarcastic?

    • @Dekeullan
      @Dekeullan 5 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@pauljordan4452 whoosh

    • @mahalisyarifuddin
      @mahalisyarifuddin 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      When he said "KWBHGP", I feel that.

    • @yuriang_8050
      @yuriang_8050 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Dekeullan no you r/woooosh

  • @teazy9836
    @teazy9836 6 ปีที่แล้ว +519

    How WASD conquered keyboard.

  • @meltedbutters9821
    @meltedbutters9821 7 ปีที่แล้ว +369

    meanwhile in a parallel universe "How XPMCHR conquered keyboards"

    • @joelmontalvo62
      @joelmontalvo62 7 ปีที่แล้ว +13

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

    • @DJ_DubieWubie
      @DJ_DubieWubie 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Jack Jazzdeathform, how ABCDEF Conquered keyboards

    • @lastfebruary
      @lastfebruary 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Jack Jazzdeathform how asdf conquered keyboards

    • @hongyi5140
      @hongyi5140 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Jack Jazzdeathform how did WASD conquered gaming

    • @homudkweli879
      @homudkweli879 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

  • @tillie_brn
    @tillie_brn 4 ปีที่แล้ว +675

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

    • @MeedyMedia
      @MeedyMedia 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Oh. So what do u use instead of wasd

    • @na9615
      @na9615 4 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      @@MeedyMedia ZQSD

    • @Viviiii
      @Viviiii 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Same

    •  4 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      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
      @giselengimbi2705 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Same

  • @_armoricat_
    @_armoricat_ 5 ปีที่แล้ว +845

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

    • @SpaceCat01
      @SpaceCat01 5 ปีที่แล้ว +142

      everyone i know uses QWERTZ

    • @tai3531
      @tai3531 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      no way... 1% man

    • @zladaxledzaz9317
      @zladaxledzaz9317 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      QWERTY,QÜERTY,QWERTY,QWERTY,ЈҮУКНГ.

    • @Diamondesignsempires
      @Diamondesignsempires 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      I use QWERTY but i can change it lol

    • @velcranoxofficials9970
      @velcranoxofficials9970 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@SpaceCat01 is it heil or seige?

  • @plshelp
    @plshelp 7 ปีที่แล้ว +672

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

    • @audroraa
      @audroraa 7 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      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
      @direwolf8257 7 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Score Master / #ConTV qwertz not qwertzu

    • @plshelp
      @plshelp 7 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      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

    • @the_barna
      @the_barna 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      In Hungary we use QWERTZU too.

    • @solarprogeny6736
      @solarprogeny6736 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Azertyuiop
      I'm french

  • @MyInstantSearch
    @MyInstantSearch 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2005

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

    • @claytoncourtney1309
      @claytoncourtney1309 7 ปีที่แล้ว +76

      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
      @bassammalik8085 7 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      tbh, that's a really slow speed in 2017

    • @scottd426
      @scottd426 7 ปีที่แล้ว +18

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

    • @bassammalik8085
      @bassammalik8085 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      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
      @krkaasyap8132 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      philosophy sobs

  • @Pepa14pig
    @Pepa14pig 4 ปีที่แล้ว +89

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

    • @readisgooddewaterkant7890
      @readisgooddewaterkant7890 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      arabs too

    • @luluthecat1570
      @luluthecat1570 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      We use qwerty tho

    • @Pepa14pig
      @Pepa14pig 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      nøthin depends on the country you’re in

    • @luluthecat1570
      @luluthecat1570 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@Pepa14pig yes

    • @arne4926-x8o
      @arne4926-x8o 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

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

  • @retrofilmwork
    @retrofilmwork 6 ปีที่แล้ว +479

    *ABCD* has left the chat

  • @oliversime4360
    @oliversime4360 7 ปีที่แล้ว +108

    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
      @mimil4193 7 ปีที่แล้ว +15

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

    • @wadinatorthevile2805
      @wadinatorthevile2805 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yeah, I was thinking about that.

  • @einHolzkopf
    @einHolzkopf 6 ปีที่แล้ว +887

    i got QWERTZ

    • @BristolCityVideos
      @BristolCityVideos 6 ปีที่แล้ว +31

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

    • @einHolzkopf
      @einHolzkopf 6 ปีที่แล้ว +91

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

    • @BristolCityVideos
      @BristolCityVideos 6 ปีที่แล้ว +23

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

    • @ashhhh7335
      @ashhhh7335 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      einHolzkopf QWERTY

    • @schnurtelefon8844
      @schnurtelefon8844 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      moin du holzkopf auch hier xd

  • @xexpaguette
    @xexpaguette 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    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.

  • @Taken4Granted2
    @Taken4Granted2 7 ปีที่แล้ว +58

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

  • @Fr4ncM
    @Fr4ncM 5 ปีที่แล้ว +171

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

    • @cessposter
      @cessposter 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      That is straight up bringing a gun.

  • @Phillipx90
    @Phillipx90 5 ปีที่แล้ว +201

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

    • @WuizGaming
      @WuizGaming 5 ปีที่แล้ว +31

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

    • @contributiontosociety1802
      @contributiontosociety1802 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@WuizGaming *Belgium too

    • @des_poule_lins
      @des_poule_lins 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@contributiontosociety1802 yes finally

    • @karlteletubbyzuruckwinker8083
      @karlteletubbyzuruckwinker8083 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@existingdude4949 bruh

    • @frederikqu7717
      @frederikqu7717 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@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

  • @Goassbeidlbauanbua
    @Goassbeidlbauanbua ปีที่แล้ว +1

    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"?

  • @eduardoborges506
    @eduardoborges506 7 ปีที่แล้ว +207

    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
      @Annika9517 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      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
      @scottm9502 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      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
      @afelix 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

    • @whlnjoon5537
      @whlnjoon5537 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Andrei Felix ok that actually makes a lot of sense

    • @vdentertainment8372
      @vdentertainment8372 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Eduardo Borges i Use azerty mwhahahaha*sneaks away*

  • @saekki1506
    @saekki1506 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1115

    *laughing in french*

  • @Vox
    @Vox  7 ปีที่แล้ว +415

    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
      @MrRibonu 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Vox hi

    • @JimCullen
      @JimCullen 7 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      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
      @JimCullen 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      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
      @alphamarshan 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      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
      @JimCullen 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      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.

  • @davidtydeman1434
    @davidtydeman1434 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

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

  • @ContinualImprovement
    @ContinualImprovement 7 ปีที่แล้ว +440

    "Qwerty" one of the most common passwords.

    • @jayfawn8478
      @jayfawn8478 7 ปีที่แล้ว +32

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

    • @thekiminthenorth504
      @thekiminthenorth504 7 ปีที่แล้ว +11

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

    • @GreasyBaconBro
      @GreasyBaconBro 7 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      TMR Teckk mine is analmidgetbdsm69

    • @onyx_vii7808
      @onyx_vii7808 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Mine is password

    • @yongamer
      @yongamer 7 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      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.

  • @VeeTOHFan
    @VeeTOHFan 6 ปีที่แล้ว +77

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

    • @lyndafaye6748
      @lyndafaye6748 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      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? -
      TH-camTHEN 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? -
      TH-camTHEN 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
      @aNi-fc6bq 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      but hy tho?

  • @sudoShiba
    @sudoShiba 7 ปีที่แล้ว +103

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

  • @kevinatarsya2532
    @kevinatarsya2532 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Me:*searchs "AZERTY"*
    TH-cam : uno reverse card

  • @TheAdventurousHermits
    @TheAdventurousHermits 6 ปีที่แล้ว +242

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

  • @TokenyYT
    @TokenyYT 7 ปีที่แล้ว +312

    I Only Need WASD On My Keyboard

    • @getrekt5274
      @getrekt5274 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Tokeny same

    • @mshart3476
      @mshart3476 7 ปีที่แล้ว +10

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

    • @JannisAdmek
      @JannisAdmek 7 ปีที่แล้ว +27

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

    • @microwave9679
      @microwave9679 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Tokeny I just need ctrl

    • @billy_boi
      @billy_boi 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      If you play Minectaft you need only that XD

  • @rea8585
    @rea8585 7 ปีที่แล้ว +766

    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
      @JimCullen 7 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      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
      @alinaschoch7816 7 ปีที่แล้ว +15

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

    • @jellewijckmans4836
      @jellewijckmans4836 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      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
      @quantumblurrr 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

    • @edwingraca7708
      @edwingraca7708 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Quick Fix Yayyy i also have qwertz

  • @bosspin
    @bosspin 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    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

  • @lou3712
    @lou3712 6 ปีที่แล้ว +764

    Oh wait you use QWERTY? I use WASD

    • @_mashupgamer_7762
      @_mashupgamer_7762 6 ปีที่แล้ว +55

      Wasd stands for Why Ass suckers die

    • @dzero5398
      @dzero5398 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Your god damn right good sir!

    • @RubyPiec
      @RubyPiec 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      _Mashup Gamer_ WASD = U ASSD

    • @mattehwizard1979
      @mattehwizard1979 6 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Aww its a console player who is whining

    • @tailsfox45
      @tailsfox45 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      UUHHH OOOOHHHHHHHHH FOUND THE GAMMMMEEEERRRRRRR

  • @shantalz7749
    @shantalz7749 6 ปีที่แล้ว +120

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

    • @다나.진부한
      @다나.진부한 6 ปีที่แล้ว +10

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

    • @BobRossCat
      @BobRossCat 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Goddammit Laurens LOL

    • @BobRossCat
      @BobRossCat 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Water scape o-o

    • @arisaka233
      @arisaka233 6 ปีที่แล้ว +10

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

    • @gooblah6217
      @gooblah6217 6 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Oh yeah about that son...

  • @itsallgood5314
    @itsallgood5314 7 ปีที่แล้ว +427

    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
      @emiledhaene1297 7 ปีที่แล้ว +47

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

    • @itsallgood5314
      @itsallgood5314 7 ปีที่แล้ว +77

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

    • @MixxC
      @MixxC 7 ปีที่แล้ว +25

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

    • @1UpsForLife
      @1UpsForLife 7 ปีที่แล้ว +73

      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
      @itsallgood5314 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      1UpsForLife completely agree

  • @han_is_hanah
    @han_is_hanah 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

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

  • @warri8950
    @warri8950 6 ปีที่แล้ว +129

    Azerty
    (Im from belgium)

    • @Skerathh
      @Skerathh 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Zwari Hari ayy me too

    • @aleksifrmdao
      @aleksifrmdao 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Zwari Hari i have qwertz

    • @MATAM29
      @MATAM29 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      ThatSlave Gt I have QWERTZ too.

    • @mr.e1212
      @mr.e1212 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      How do u play fps? 0_0

    • @sle3ppy
      @sle3ppy 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      SaltyPotato I have abcdef

  • @salokin3087
    @salokin3087 7 ปีที่แล้ว +581

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

  • @mentalost
    @mentalost 7 ปีที่แล้ว +135

    qwertz from Slovakia

    • @Akyomi777
      @Akyomi777 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      same qwertz

    • @171plsdx44
      @171plsdx44 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Qwerty

    • @Krissssz
      @Krissssz 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      qwertz

    • @DamanD
      @DamanD 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      qwertz for me too (:

    • @TechnoGlobalist
      @TechnoGlobalist 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      qwertz

  • @londalonda7793
    @londalonda7793 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    How the battery conquered the mouse

  • @alkreischer
    @alkreischer 6 ปีที่แล้ว +53

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

    • @CrazedComposure
      @CrazedComposure 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      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
      @vbps3 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      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
      @JJJJ-gl2uf 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

    • @wino0000006
      @wino0000006 6 ปีที่แล้ว

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

    • @wino0000006
      @wino0000006 6 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @carl3305
    @carl3305 7 ปีที่แล้ว +647

    haHA i have QWERTZ

    • @bentton7311
      @bentton7311 7 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Same

    • @zschucki
      @zschucki 7 ปีที่แล้ว +65

      It's just the german version

    • @TD-pd6cu
      @TD-pd6cu 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Qeert

    • @hamsterama
      @hamsterama 7 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      +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
      @josipcuric8767 7 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Same QWERTZ is also used in the balkans

  • @nickcoww
    @nickcoww 7 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    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
      @Steveeee 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Tzpewriter xdd

    • @jensantos1659
      @jensantos1659 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Typewriter

    • @edouard1207
      @edouard1207 6 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @ChazyChaz.
    @ChazyChaz. 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Qwerty like a melody my hea- wait WHAT

  • @frukuri3424
    @frukuri3424 5 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    Watching this with a QWERTZ keyboard

    • @VS-mt3hr
      @VS-mt3hr 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      which country

    • @frukuri3424
      @frukuri3424 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@VS-mt3hr Deutschland

    • @VS-mt3hr
      @VS-mt3hr 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

    • @questy4tw
      @questy4tw 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@VS-mt3hr ja ungarrn und noch ein anderes

  • @SlicksGaming
    @SlicksGaming 7 ปีที่แล้ว +120

    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
      @wbtu897 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      SlicksGaming logic!

    • @firewater4084
      @firewater4084 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      SlicksGaming lol

    • @Twixes3D
      @Twixes3D 7 ปีที่แล้ว +15

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

    • @Alittlebitinteresting
      @Alittlebitinteresting 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      He calls it overrated at least 5 times

    • @BroudbrunMusicMerge
      @BroudbrunMusicMerge 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      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.

  • @riletex1799
    @riletex1799 5 ปีที่แล้ว +151

    People with an azerty keyboard please stand up!

    • @bunbunnbunnybun
      @bunbunnbunnybun 5 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      *cricket noises*

    • @laszlomiklos3421
      @laszlomiklos3421 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Rile Tex not me you French or Belgian human!

    • @bluestreaks6145
      @bluestreaks6145 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Oh la la

    • @bluestreaks6145
      @bluestreaks6145 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      me too

    • @sant_vauls
      @sant_vauls 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

  • @BilguunBatbayar
    @BilguunBatbayar 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    People typing on the QWERTY look painful. - Dvorak user

  • @DaNintendude
    @DaNintendude 6 ปีที่แล้ว +48

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

  • @Willensimperium
    @Willensimperium 7 ปีที่แล้ว +449

    "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
      @patrickhector 7 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      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
      @KDub57 7 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      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
      @deanyona6246 7 ปีที่แล้ว +12

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

    • @louisd1827
      @louisd1827 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      That is so true, Kevin! :O

    • @simivb
      @simivb 7 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      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"

  • @XSunacX
    @XSunacX 7 ปีที่แล้ว +13

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

  • @SunilRamana
    @SunilRamana 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I learnt more reading the comments than watching this video.

  • @STOCathain
    @STOCathain 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    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.

  • @neoneonize
    @neoneonize 6 ปีที่แล้ว +147

    Well in my country we have QWERTZ

  • @Neliel97
    @Neliel97 6 ปีที่แล้ว +47

    in belgium it's azerty

    • @lyndafaye6748
      @lyndafaye6748 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      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? -
      TH-camTHEN 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? -
      TH-camTHEN 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
      @Dekeullan 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@lyndafaye6748 oh

    • @unseen2880
      @unseen2880 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Lynda Faye Jesus Christ chill

  • @pizzanl9247
    @pizzanl9247 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Everybody: Qwerty
    Belgium: Azerty

  • @lordsefe2437
    @lordsefe2437 6 ปีที่แล้ว +123

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

  • @putt7515
    @putt7515 7 ปีที่แล้ว +76

    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
      @UnitaryV 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      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.

  • @seastilton7912
    @seastilton7912 6 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    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
      @alexandrawoodward367 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      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
      @lyndafaye6748 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      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? -
      TH-camTHEN 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? -
      TH-camTHEN 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
      @lospagnolofalso 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Christ in caps lock...

    • @teh-maxh
      @teh-maxh ปีที่แล้ว

      QWERTY only has one vowel in home row, though.

  • @anoshpeejira7886
    @anoshpeejira7886 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Keyboards : qwerty
    Humans : puberty

  • @brianchoromanski
    @brianchoromanski 7 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    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
      @807800 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      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
      @SuperSand2000 7 ปีที่แล้ว

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

    • @brianchoromanski
      @brianchoromanski 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      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
      @SuperSand2000 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      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
      @SuperSand2000 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      yeah lul

  • @MrEvolutionable
    @MrEvolutionable 7 ปีที่แล้ว +217

    German layout is qwertz for some reason...

    • @gummygnom
      @gummygnom 7 ปีที่แล้ว +66

      Because y is very rare in German.

    • @simsgamer817
      @simsgamer817 7 ปีที่แล้ว +41

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

    • @tripy75
      @tripy75 7 ปีที่แล้ว +17

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

    • @seppoleonvervloet132
      @seppoleonvervloet132 7 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      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
      @rickbo5858 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      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..

  • @latdama
    @latdama 7 ปีที่แล้ว +17

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

    • @ZhyarKamal
      @ZhyarKamal 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Then it was probably made in germany

    • @realdjwoomy
      @realdjwoomy 7 ปีที่แล้ว

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

    • @Tudas
      @Tudas 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      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
      @Akyomi777 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      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!

  • @Voltorb1993
    @Voltorb1993 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Ha, it's QWERTZ over here :D

  • @angnaa13
    @angnaa13 7 ปีที่แล้ว +105

    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
      @funtimehelpy5381 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

    • @josephrinaldi6653
      @josephrinaldi6653 7 ปีที่แล้ว

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

    • @Luckyy541
      @Luckyy541 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ali MoreHEH AngnA qwertyuiopasdfghjklzxcvbnm

    • @yeah3771
      @yeah3771 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

    • @dartboardbaby
      @dartboardbaby 7 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @biswajitmahanta500
    @biswajitmahanta500 6 ปีที่แล้ว +11

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

    • @onebacon_
      @onebacon_ 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Is there something better we can change it to?

    • @JeroenJA
      @JeroenJA 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      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
      @chicken3100 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      lmao rawr xd

    • @mariomason95
      @mariomason95 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      I type this 147 wpm lolz

  • @r4sk3t96
    @r4sk3t96 5 ปีที่แล้ว +27

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

  • @zenithchan1646
    @zenithchan1646 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

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

  • @Dalen22_W
    @Dalen22_W 7 ปีที่แล้ว +195

    I have a qwertz keyboard

    • @xx_tammo_xx198
      @xx_tammo_xx198 7 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      German ist gut

    • @cobbyc2087
      @cobbyc2087 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

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

    • @xx_tammo_xx198
      @xx_tammo_xx198 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      GetRektLolz austria ? Switzerland ?

    • @cobbyc2087
      @cobbyc2087 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      nope aaaand nope

    • @xx_tammo_xx198
      @xx_tammo_xx198 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      GetRektLolz europe ?

  • @x-90
    @x-90 6 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    I thought this was like some highest word on scrabble crap

  • @GingerGingie
    @GingerGingie 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    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.

  • @HongKongGhost
    @HongKongGhost 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

  • @pixelchu
    @pixelchu 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    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
      @Cornerback3141 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      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.

  • @RubberKid100
    @RubberKid100 7 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    Okay but
    AZERTY

  • @TrainerGre3n
    @TrainerGre3n 6 ปีที่แล้ว +298

    My keyboard is azerty

    • @kiliwami4086
      @kiliwami4086 6 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      erik knight Bonjour mon ami qui habite en France

    • @Ciapulek0165
      @Ciapulek0165 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Kili Studios
      Moi aussi!

    • @TrainerGre3n
      @TrainerGre3n 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      j'utilise Google Traduction

    • @MsTh5
      @MsTh5 6 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      France is not the only country to use azerty

    • @TrainerGre3n
      @TrainerGre3n 6 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      I'm in the us

  • @patrik.4403
    @patrik.4403 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

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

  • @konkondotzip
    @konkondotzip 7 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    "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)"

  • @snigdhaprakash6485
    @snigdhaprakash6485 6 ปีที่แล้ว +111

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

    • @gayguy4peace16
      @gayguy4peace16 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Right?

    • @2ndmushroom788
      @2ndmushroom788 6 ปีที่แล้ว +73

      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
      @30secondstomarsMBH 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      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
      @tantejunko 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      .

    • @Qitya
      @Qitya 6 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @zutusz
    @zutusz 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Me who uses QUERTZ keyboard layout everywhere: Hmmm yes there is a 99 percent chance that i use QUERTY

  • @kdhg9921
    @kdhg9921 7 ปีที่แล้ว +61

    Qwerty was My password -_- Thx for leaking

    • @rqnnyy
      @rqnnyy 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      *Writes down time of death*

    • @Milesco
      @Milesco 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      You fool! Only an idiot would use "Qwerty" as a password! That's so *_obvious!_* You should use the password *_I_* use. I can't tell you what it is, but here's a hint: th-cam.com/video/a6iW-8xPw3k/w-d-xo.html

    • @BroudbrunMusicMerge
      @BroudbrunMusicMerge 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Blue Demon
      ~~~~~~~The joke
      Your head

  • @atomichorizen3987
    @atomichorizen3987 7 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    rule 1, dont watch this video at a public place on a public computer or at a school, u have a 99% chance of seeing fcku instead of qwer

    • @honeycrisp808
      @honeycrisp808 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Atomic Horizen no, that’s just you.
      people use swears everyday in public places. grow up.

    • @virtualdw1703
      @virtualdw1703 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      scoutsexual the shitposter he means the keyboard configuration

  • @billipbillip8411
    @billipbillip8411 6 ปีที่แล้ว +56

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

    • @Sg133
      @Sg133 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      But azerty also sounds cool ;-;

  • @LesserLordKusanali
    @LesserLordKusanali 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

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

    • @thesexman826
      @thesexman826 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I shall laugh with you

  • @LazyEinstein
    @LazyEinstein 6 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    Using Dvorak since 2010 because it is the best.

    • @mkl_
      @mkl_ 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

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

    • @bolt.2334
      @bolt.2334 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Reeeememm

    • @dasungeheuer3873
      @dasungeheuer3873 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The L is in a bad location

    • @Annie-hb8ob
      @Annie-hb8ob 4 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @srslydontmindme
    @srslydontmindme 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    The story I was told behind it was that the keys on type writers were originally set in alphabetical order, and the reason behind mixing the letters up was because people would type too fast and knew the layout so well that they would break typewriters.

    • @rainbowdiamond7689
      @rainbowdiamond7689 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      same

    • @shrimpflea
      @shrimpflea 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      That is actually completely untrue. Once you learn the keyboard layout it doesn't matter.
      It came from testing with telegraph operators who they they thought would be mainly using the typewriters. That key pattern just seem to suit them.

  • @csar3505
    @csar3505 6 ปีที่แล้ว +86

    I got AZERTY

    • @joshuamaddelein8250
      @joshuamaddelein8250 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @randomcomedy ZQSD

    • @HitHard1008
      @HitHard1008 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Then
      Welcome to 700BC

    • @doom694
      @doom694 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@joshuamaddelein8250 Belgium?

    • @Adventurer32
      @Adventurer32 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      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
      @fsujaguar7919 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Cæsar

  • @oliverkahn7147
    @oliverkahn7147 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I feel like it can't be overrated if there's nothing wrong with it

  • @timtmtm7689
    @timtmtm7689 7 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    qwertz is real (German Layout)

    • @daniel4726
      @daniel4726 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      TimTM In czech we have QWERTZ too

  • @cliffworsfold1994
    @cliffworsfold1994 6 ปีที่แล้ว +52

    Typewriter
    Huh. It worked.

    • @lyndafaye6748
      @lyndafaye6748 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      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? -
      TH-camTHEN 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? -
      TH-camTHEN 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 ?

  • @saraedpgt6397
    @saraedpgt6397 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    How I learnt typing? I got used to chatting with my friends online. lol

  • @mohit.sandhu
    @mohit.sandhu 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

  • @frog7558
    @frog7558 7 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Lmao I have qwertz.