Why does the standard keyboard layout place the keys in such “unnatural” positions?
It’s simple – the standard keyboard wasn’t designed to match the human hand. When the typewriter was invented 100 years ago, its keys were placed according to the mechanical levers that were part of the typewriter. When the computer keyboard was invented 30 years ago, the inventors just copied the old layout from the original typewriter. The bottom line is that the keyboard you are using wasn’t designed for your hands and fingers.
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