> the QWERTY keyboard layout exists to prevent typewriter keys from jamming
even if it is true (is it a myth by any chance?), it does not mean that alternatives are better at say typing speed
even if it is true (is it a myth by any chance?), it does not mean that alternatives are better at say typing speed
Even if there was a new layout that did suddenly allow everyone to type twice as fast, what would we get with that? Maybe twice as many social media posts, but nothing actually useful.
how it makes ortholinear keyboards better?
Whether it does slow people down, as a side effect, is not as well established since, as another person pointed out, typing speed isn't the bottleneck for most people. Learning the layout and figuring out what to write is. On top of that, most of the claims for faster layouts come from marketing materials. It doesn't mean they are wrong, but there is a vested interest.
If there was a demonstrably much faster input method for most users, I suspect it would have been adopted long ago.