4 Reasons why I think staggered keyboard layouts have overstayed their welcome

All computer users are familiar with the standard keyboard layout – that arrangement where the keys in each row are slightly offset from the ones above and below. This is known as a staggered arrangement, with the common QWERTY layout being its most famous ambassador. This design, where keys form a nonlinear pattern, has its roots stretching back to 1868, when inventors Sholes, Glidden, and Soule adapted a Hughes telegraph machine to create their early typewriter.