A new keyboard layout.
'QWERTY' is the nickname for the inefficient standard typewriter keyboard, also used for Telex and many computer input terminals, dating from 1874. The ergonomically-designed Dvorak Simplified Keyboard (DSK) has been available for over 35 years and there is increasing international interest in its introduction; but DSK does not take metrication into account. There is a clear need for international agreement on a new design up-dating DSK for metrication. Agreement is in the interests of both keyboard users and their employers. An Alpha-Metric Keyboard (AMK) is proposed and its design and advantages are described.
Martin
A
A
School of Management Studies, Thames Polytechnic, London.