The keyboard is a core part of the computer, but it’s also international ... The most standard is the QWERTY English layout, but there are other English layouts and foreign layouts of different ...

Computer keyboards serve as the primary manual ... The dedicated function keys, which appear on the top row of the standard keyboard layout, carry numbers F1 through F12 on notebook keyboards ...

A keyboard layout is any specific physical, visual or functional arrangement of the keys, legends, or key-meaning associations of a computer keyboard, mobile phone, or other computer-controlled ...

Why was the QWERTY keyboard layout invented and why has it not changed ... the mid 1970s in the U.S., as ironically the personal computer just started to become popularly known.

The computer’s anti-ergonomic 2-inch height made it extremely hard on the wrists of untrained typists. And the keyboard’s layout leaves much to be desired, with numerous examples of poor key ...

Dr Per Ola Kristensson, Lecturer in Human Computer Interaction in the School ... Persuading users to adopt a new keyboard layout is likely to be a tough ask but Kristensson said the problem ...

No keyboard layout will ever convince me that this particular spot shouldn't be a giant empty crater where no finger is asked to go. Every F on Dvorak takes me about five tries to get it right.

[CallousCoder] demonstrates a way of building up a new keyboard for a Commodore 64 which both preserves the original look and feel of the retro computer ... of the unique layout for some of ...

30-second video for promoting the talk to CHI conference visitors. Antti Oulasvirta says "The key to optimizing a keyboard for two thumbs is to minimize long sequences with a single thumb.