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		ajsnigrutin 6 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: “QWERTY wasn't designed to solve type bar jamming”... I'm more interested why some of us have qwertZ instead of Y there :D (Z an Y are swapped... mostly a non issues, except with some games, where Z and X are some gameplay controls, and we have a Y down there)

doktorhladnjak 6 months ago [–]

Isn't this based on letter frequency? In languages like German, Z is a fairly common letter. Y not so much. Whereas in English it's the opposite. They put the more commonly used letter in the center.

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