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 bee_rider on Thursday January 06, 2022 @03:46PM (#29829873)

For some reason whenever I try to touch type 'correctly' I make typos. But I do get most of my fingers in play when typing normally. I just have a weird stance -- left index on f, right middle on j, right pinky on p. Index and middle fingers do a little extra work, left pinky is mostly reserved for control keys -- esc, crtl...

I dunno. I don't have anywhere near 60 words per minute that are actually worth recording.

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Re:Keyboard lets people type so fast it’s banned from typing... by Hesinde on Thursday January 06, 2022 @04:23PM (#29830413)

I think the point of touch typing is not about being able to type a novel per month, but about spending less mental effort on typing. No matter whether you touch type "properly" or not, the ability to keep focusing on the screen eliminates micro context switches between thinking and typing.

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Re:Keyboard lets people type so fast it’s banned from typing... by rightbyte on Thursday January 06, 2022 @05:30PM (#29831374)

I think you have a great point. It is not as much about speed but about freeing your mind while typing.

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Re:Keyboard lets people type so fast it’s banned from typing... by rightbyte on Thursday January 06, 2022 @04:23PM (#29830399)

Ye since private computer chatting essentially died out I see no use for fast typing anymore. When I and all my friends communicated via computer text typing fast would have been really convenient.

Ergonomic typing however, I guess is important. And I am bad at that. Looking down to find the keys might be a bad habit? I have almost trained that away.

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Re:Keyboard lets people type so fast it’s banned from typing... by ryukafalz on Thursday January 06, 2022 @05:34PM (#29831438)

>since private computer chatting essentially died out

News to me

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Re:Keyboard lets people type so fast it’s banned from typing... by rightbyte on Friday January 07, 2022 @04:58AM (#29837244)

Might depend on friends. I meant at a computer with keyboard, not on a phone.

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Re:Keyboard lets people type so fast it’s banned from typing... by ryukafalz on Friday January 07, 2022 @10:57AM (#29840601)

A good number of people I know use iMessage, which can be used from a Mac. Similarly lots use Facebook Messenger, which can be used from the web.

...and from my understanding WhatsApp is very common in Europe, which can also be used from the web.

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Re:Keyboard lets people type so fast it’s banned from typing... by bee_rider on Thursday January 06, 2022 @04:47PM (#29830735)

Hmm. I wonder if I saved myself some embarrassment on Instant Messenger by not typing too fast to think.

I don't really understand why properly trained typing is more ergonomic, anyway. If I keep my hands perfectly on the homerow, each letter is nearly the same exact motion. The way I type normally, my hands move around a bit, so there's a couple character history built into my motions. This seems to me like it ought to reduce the repetitive motions, which are what lead to repetitive strain injuries, right?

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Re:Keyboard lets people type so fast it’s banned from typing... by rightbyte on Thursday January 06, 2022 @05:33PM (#29831426)

Ye keeping the fingers at one row home position doing the same dance feels terribly unergonomic and crammed. I was only thinking about the neck looking down (dentists have problems with that).

Maybe I stress my hands more while tryhard practicing touch typing than I would in normal use though.

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