Keyboard lets people type so fast it’s banned from typing competitions

Re:Keyboard lets people type so fast it’s banned from typing... by iainmerrick on Thursday January 06, 2022 @02:27PM (#29828625)

It’s worth practicing! I bet it’s not too hard to get reasonably fast in a few weeks. The hardest part will be un-learning any bad habits, but if you reckon you’re currently slow, you probably don’t have too many.

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Re:Keyboard lets people type so fast it’s banned from typing... by FpUser on Thursday January 06, 2022 @02:53PM (#29829012)

I've been typing with the same speed for the last 30 years. It is not improving so I really doubt special exercise will do anything but marginal improvement.

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Re:Keyboard lets people type so fast it’s banned from typing... by Hesinde on Thursday January 06, 2022 @04:50PM (#29830762)

Don't practice typing faster with your current method, because you already have for 30 years. Rather invest some time to learn a better method.

I learned touch typing within a week on holiday vacation with a software similar to this website: https://www.typingstudy.com/ (Young me felt very proud of being able to type like dad.) Once you have invested the time to learn the basic movements, you will become accustomed to them naturally.

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Re:Keyboard lets people type so fast it’s banned from typing... by ipaddr on Thursday January 06, 2022 @04:05PM (#29830147)

You would be surprised by hovering your fingers over home row how naturally quickly you will start typing.

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