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by ebruchez 2510 days ago
> Staggered keys are just a remnant of old typewriters.

It's true (the Sholes & Glidden introduced that) but just for the record, some quite old typewriters had ortholinear keyboards, like the Smith Premier:

https://www.antikeychop.com/smith-premier-no1

They eventually lost in the market, however.