Why does the keyboard start with QWERTY, not ABCD? This is the story behind the layout

The QWERTY layout was born in the age of mechanical typewriters and survived long after the machines that inspired it disappeared ...
PBS

QWERTY: How Wisconsin Holds the Keys to Typing History

Uncover the surprising Wisconsin origins of the QWERTY keyboard. The team heads to Milwaukee to uncover how the QWERTY keyboard took shape in Wisconsin. They explore how Christopher Latham Sholes and ...
Hindustan Times

Why does the keyboard start with QWERTY, not ABCD? This is the story behind the layout

You may use a keyboard every day. Odds are, you never think about the six letters on the top left corner: Q-W-E-R-T-Y. It seems unnecessarily complicated to arrange the alphabet out-of-order. And yet, ...