On a #qwerty keyboard, #GreatCrestedGrebes is one of the longest phrases that can be typed using only the left hand.

Grebes are among the oldest of all #birds; #fossils from 80 million years ago have been discovered.

They tend to be clumsy on land because their legs are so far back on their body, but they are great at diving - up to 17' - and pursuing prey underwater for up to thirty seconds at a time. They eat a lot of their own #feathers, possibly to protect against sharp fish bones.

#Typewriters #Trivia

"Das demonstriert Arthur am Beispiel der QWERTY-Tastatur. Im
19. Jahrhundert gab es bei Schreibmaschinen eine reiche Auswahl an unterschiedlichen Tastaturdesigns. Bei der meistverbreiteten Variante waren die Buchstaben schlicht in alphabetischer Reihenfolge angebracht. 1873 allerdings hat ein gewisser Christopher Latham Sholes Probleme mit seiner Schreibmaschine, weil sich bei schnellem Tippen häufig die Tastenarme miteinander verhaken. Er tüftelt so lange an dem Gerät herum, bis er die Tasten so angeordnet hatte, dass sie sich weniger häufig in die Quere kommen konnten. Dieses Design wies die heute immer noch gängige QWERTY-Anordnungs auf und wurde schließlich von der New Yorker Firma Remington als Standarddesign für ihre günstige, massenproduzierte Schreibmaschine übernommen. Die weite Verbreitung der Remington-Schreibmaschinen führt wiederum dazu, dass Sekretär*innen auf der QWERTY-Tastatur ausgebildet werden. Inzwischen hat sich das Problem der einander blockierenden Tastenarme zwar längst anderweitig gelöst, doch das Design ist geblieben. Die ineinandergreifenden Abhängigkeiten informieren sich gegenseitig und bilden so die Etappen auf dem Pfad der weiteren Entwicklung bis hin zu den Computertastaturen auf unseren Schreibtischen."

Dieses Beispiel mit den Tastaturbelegungen finde ich nach wie vor jedes mal wenn ich daran denke komplett absurd. (Gesendet von einer QWERTZ-Tastatur)

Es liegt allerdings eine gewisse Ironie darin, dass dieses Grund-Problem zweier sich in die Quere Kommender Tastenarme mit der Erfindung des Smartphones wieder aufgekommen ist - nur eben jetzt mit zwei Daumen, die einander beim tippen nicht in die Quere kommen sollen.

#Buchempfehlung #DieMachtDerPlatformen #MichaelSeemann #QWERTY #QWERTZ #Tastatur

"Can't make it out to see our Typewriters exhibition? Type up an email to [email protected] with your mailing address and we'll send you one of our full color 138-page catalogs of the exhibition!" This was posted to our Instagram account on September 20, 2017 – https://millsfield.sfomuseum.org/instagram/1729359093/

Pernah mikir gak kenapa susunan keyboard itu QWERTY bukan ABCD? Ternyata alasannya bukan biar kita lambat, tapi karena mesin tik zaman dulu gampang macet. Simak sejarah lengkapnya di sini!

#fediverse #Repost #Indonesia #Lainnya #Misteri #Layout #QWERTY

https://dalam.web.id/lainnya/sejarah-layout-keyboard-qwerty/

Misteri Layout QWERTY: Kenapa Keyboard Kita Gak Urut Abjad? ⌨️

Bukan asal acak! QWERTY diciptakan untuk mengatasi masalah mekanik pada abad ke-19. Cek sejarah lengkap dan alasan kenapa kita masih pakainya sampai sekarang.

Layar Kosong
"In the 1890s, the cost of a new, full-size typewriter was more than the average American earned in one month. Index typewriters were a simpler and more affordable alternative. Available at a fraction of the price and manufactured in a variety of designs, they were the earliest portable writing machines. The innovative wheel-index Victor typewriter printed from type attached to the ends of strips arranged in a daisy-wheel pattern, much like the IBM Wheelwriter a century later. Learn more about typewriters in our exhibition, "The Typewriter: An Innovation in Writing", post-security, in Terminal 2. http://bit.ly/Thetypewriter" This was posted to our Instagram account on December 28, 2017 – https://millsfield.sfomuseum.org/instagram/1729358767/
🤓 This is a #nerd post! Just dug up an old #photo of me #flying during my #Diamond #Katana days. 🛩️ And the device I used for #flight #navigation was a #Motorola #PhotonQ 4G LTE. One of those famous #sliders with full #QWERTY #keyboard! ⌨️ Had to solder a #SIM slot into that (was "Sprint" hardwired). And I ran @jolla #SailfishOS on it! 😎 Aaand I used some app like #PoorMaps and piped self-converted #MapTiles into it that I downloaded from #OpenFlightMaps. 🤯 Totally safe though! 😂 #avgeek #aviation

QWERTY Phones Are Really Trying to Make a Comeback This Year

image via gizmodo.com

After dying a painful death at the hand of the iPhone’s revolutionary capacitive touchscreen, the QWERTY smartphone is rising up from the graveyard this year. Either way, two QWERTY phone announcements in this still very new year suggest there may be some kind of trend. Maybe after 19 years of the iPhone and touchscreens defining the mobile experience, it’s time to go back to the physical keyboard and its more tactile typing.

https://gizmodo.com/qwerty-phones-are-really-trying-to-make-a-comeback-this-year-2000709717 #blackberry #keyboard #qwerty #retro #smartphone
QWERTY Phones Are Really Trying to Make a Comeback This Year

Is the reason nostalgia? Frustration with the iPhone's worsening software keyboard? Boredom?

Gizmodo
Clicks Communicator: Smartphone Android cu tastatură fizică - TECHNEWSRO

Clicks Communicator este un smartphone compact cu tastatură fizică, ecran AMOLED și funcții pentru productivitate și comunicare eficientă.

TECHNEWSRO

ASUS tăng giá sản phẩm từ 5/1 do chi phí linh kiện tăng cao. Cùng thời điểm, Clicks gây chú ý tại CES với điện thoại hồi sinh bàn phím QWERTY phong cách BlackBerry và phụ kiện Power Keyboard.

#ASUS #Clicks #Smartphone #QWERTY #BlackBerry #CôngNghệ #TechNews #ĐiệnThoại #BànPhím #VietnameseTech
#ASUS #Clicks #Technology #Smartphone #QWERTYKeyboard #CES #TechUpdate #Vietnam

https://vtcnews.vn/cong-nghe-5-1-asus-tang-gia-san-pham-clicks-hoi-sinh-ban-phim-qwerty-ar996672.html

Công nghệ 5/1: ASUS tăng giá sản phẩm, Clicks hồi sinh bàn phím QWERTY

ASUS tăng giá sản phẩm từ 5/1 vì chi phí linh kiện, trong khi Clicks gây chú ý tại CES với điện thoại bàn phím kiểu BlackBerry và phụ kiện Power Keyboard.

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