# Things you hate about the QWERTY keyboard

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [March 9, 2023, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-hate-about-the-qwerty-keyboard/980923 "2023-03-09T11:20:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2023, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-hate-about-the-qwerty-keyboard/980923/61 "2023-03-11T20:18:16Z")

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> [@Morgyn](#):
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> I’ve never seen Line Lock Release. What’s it do?

Apparently that’s for when the keys get entangled due to too rapid typing on the really old manual machines. Especially keys that are right next to each other. In later models I think it just overrode the margin setpoint.

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**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2023, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-hate-about-the-qwerty-keyboard/980923/62 "2023-03-11T21:18:17Z")

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I remember reading about that! Didn’t Cecil do a column on that’s why the QWERTY keyboard exists?

He did!

> **[Was the QWERTY keyboard purposely designed to slow typists?](https://www.straightdope.com/21341398/was-the-qwerty-keyboard-purposely-designed-to-slow-typists)**

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**Author:** ![Tibby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tibby/32/17030_2.png) [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2023, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-hate-about-the-qwerty-keyboard/980923/63 "2023-03-11T21:46:20Z")

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Not a QWERTY problem per se, but I don’t like the “insert” key which toggles to overwriting text mode, instead of inserting text, the way God intended. For some reason (I blame being dropped on my head as a baby), I keep inadvertently pressing that key, then forgetting what key caused the overwriting.

I also hate the placement of the “keyboard light on/off” on the F5 key. In the dark, I need the keyboard lights on so that I can find the “keyboard light” button. Either put that key someplace easier to find in the dark, or keep it always lit.

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**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2023, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-hate-about-the-qwerty-keyboard/980923/64 "2023-03-12T00:00:41Z")

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> [@jnglmassiv](#):
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> > [@SCAdian](#):
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> > Mine also lacks Home and End Keys.
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> I’m back home now and, looking at my keyboard, I see it does have Home and End keys. Their secondary functions are Num Lock and Break.

Thanks for mentioning that. I just realised that with Num Lock off, 7 is Home, 1 is End, 9 is Pg Up, and 3 is Pg Dn.

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