Efficient or not, QWERTY remains the universal, standard keyboard, and after 150 years, that's worth celebrating — at least to aficionados in its hometown.

But give me enough space, give me 12 inches by 14 inches, and I’ll default to a QWERTY keyboard. Every 10 years or so, some Western tech company or inventor announces: “Everybody!

Although QWERTY is the most popular keyboard design, it was not the only option. The Dvorak keyboard is another design, developed by Dr. August Dvorak in the 1930s.