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Show HN: Alphabetically Ordered Keyboard for iPhone

by nanospeck on 8/27/17, 1:33 PM with 7 comments

• by nanospeck on 8/27/17, 1:35 PM

  The QWERTY model keyboard was designed to be used on physical typewriters and keyboards where we use all 10 fingers for typing. The letters were arranged in QWERTY because it’s the optimal the order of popular usage of keys. So frequently used keys were arranged together closest to all the fingers.

  Today we only used both our thumbs to type on our smartphones and there is no need to keep following the complex QWERTY arrangement (unless you are a trained touch typing ninja who knows the full QWERTY order like the back of your hand).

  It’s time to follow the obvious ABC order of keys in smartphone keyboards

• by balazsdavid987 on 8/27/17, 1:46 PM

  I hope this is just a joke I don't get.

• by richardboegli on 8/28/17, 9:35 AM

  Well done! I don't have Apple device on hand to try it out.

  Does Swipe to type still work?